Plant Performance Engineer
Quick facts
- Pay
- up to $85 / hour
- Type
- Part-time
- Location
- Remote
- Hours
- 5–20 hours / week
- Background
- PhD
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Platform
- Handshake AI — 201 open jobs
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay to get AI training work
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Handshake AI (the Handshake AI Fellowship, formerly called MOVE) connects students, recent graduates and PhDs with AI labs that need expert feedback on their models.