Fast Facts

Handshake is seeking Petroleum Engineer Professionals for a remote, contract position as AI Trainers, requiring no prior AI experience. Candidates will evaluate AI models using their industry expertise while working flexibly throughout the year.

Responsibilities: Evaluate AI model outputs related to petroleum engineering, develop prompts, provide feedback, and contribute to AI training by leveraging professional knowledge and experience.

Skills: 4+ years of experience in petroleum engineering responsibilities, including production monitoring, drilling plans, and data analysis to enhance oil and gas recovery.

Qualifications: Professional experience in oil and gas operations, drilling, production, and technical report writing is preferred.

Location: Remote position, allowing work from any location, with locations indicated in the application process also including San Francisco, California.

Compensation: $150 - $150 / Hourly

Overview

Handshake is recruiting Petroleum Engineer Professionals to contribute to an hourly, temporary AI research project—but there’s no AI experience needed. In this program, you’ll leverage your professional experience to evaluate what AI models produce in your field, assess content related to your field of work, and deliver clear, structured feedback that strengthens the model’s understanding of your workplace tasks and language. The Handshake AI opportunity runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise.

Details

• The position is remote and asynchronous; work independently from wherever you are.
• The hours are flexible, with no minimum commitment, but most average 5-20 hrs
• The work includes developing prompts for AI models that reflect your field, and then evaluating responses.
• You’ll learn new skills and contribute to how AI is used in your field
• Your placement into a project will be dependent on project availability—if you apply now and can’t work on this project, more will be available soon.

Qualifications

• You have at least 4 years of professional experience in one or more of the following types of work.
• The examples below reflect the types of real-world responsibilities that you might have had in your role that will give you the context needed to evaluate and train high-quality AI models
• Specify and supervise well modification and stimulation programs to
• maximize oil and gas recovery.
• Monitor production rates, and plan rework processes to improve production.
• Maintain records of drilling and production operations.
• Analyze data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to
• enhance production.
• Assist engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems.
• Direct and monitor the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, or
• well surveys.
• Develop plans for oil and gas field drilling, and for product recovery and
• treatment.
• Assess costs and estimate the production capabilities and economic value of
• oil and gas wells, to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling
• sites.
• Confer with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve
• design, research, and testing problems.
• Interpret drilling and testing information for personnel.
• Coordinate activities of workers engaged in research, planning, and
• development.
• Write technical reports for engineering and management personnel.
• Evaluate findings to develop, design, or test equipment or processes.
• Test machinery and equipment to ensure that it is safe and conforms to
• performance specifications.
• Assign work to staff to obtain maximum utilization of personnel.
• Simulate reservoir performance for different recovery techniques, using
• computer models.
• Design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations.
• Supervise the removal of drilling equipment, the removal of any waste, and
• the safe return of land to structural stability when wells or pockets are
• exhausted.
• Inspect oil and gas wells to determine that installations are completed.
• Coordinate the installation, maintenance, and operation of mining and oil
• field equipment.
• Take samples to assess the amount and quality of oil, the depth at which
• resources lie, and the equipment needed to properly extract them.
• Design or modify mining and oil field machinery and tools, applying
• engineering principles.
• Conduct engineering research experiments to improve or modify mining and
• oil machinery and operations.
• Use drone technology for aerial surveying and monitoring of drilling sites.

You’re able to participate in asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.

Application Process

• Create a Handshake account here
• Upload your resume and verify your identity
• Get matched and onboarded into relevant projects
• Start working and earning

Work authorization information

F-1 students who are eligible for CPT or OPT may be eligible for projects on Handshake AI. Work with your Designated School Official to determine your eligibility. If your school requires a CPT course, Handshake AI may not meet your school’s requirements. STEM OPT is not supported. See our Help Center article for more information on what types of work authorizations are supported on Handshake AI.