Fast Facts

Handshake is seeking Industrial Production Managers for a contract role as AI Trainers, where you'll evaluate and provide feedback on AI models using your industry experience. This remote position offers flexible hours, allowing you to work independently.

Responsibilities: Evaluate and assess AI model outputs, develop prompts for AI models, and deliver structured feedback based on your expertise in industrial production.

Skills: Professional experience in industrial production management, ability to evaluate and train AI models, and proficiency in developing production-related prompts.

Qualifications: Minimum of 4 years of experience in industrial production management or related fields, with a focus on quality control, production processes, or staff management.

Location: Remote position, based in San Francisco, California.

Compensation: $105 - $105 / Hourly

Overview

Handshake is recruiting Industrial Production Manager 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
• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
• Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
• Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
• Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.
• Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.
• Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
• Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies.
• Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
• Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs.
• Negotiate materials prices with suppliers.
• Conduct site audits to ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations.
• Develop or enforce procedures for normal operation of manufacturing systems.
• Implement operational and emergency procedures.
• Maintain records to demonstrate compliance with safety and environmental laws, regulations, or policies.
• Monitor permit requirements for updates.
• Optimize operational costs and productivity consistent with safety and environmental rules and regulations.
• Prepare reports on operations and system productivity or efficiency.
• Supervise subordinate employees.
• You’re able to participate in asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.

Application Process

• Create a Handshake account
• 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.