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Commercial and Industrial Designers - AI Trainer (Contract)

🇺🇸 Remote - San Francisco, CA 🕑 Contract 💰 TBD 💻 Other 🗓️ February 5th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Handshake is hiring a Commercial and Industrial Designer - AI Trainer on a contract basis. The role involves leveraging professional design experience to develop and evaluate AI prompts and provide structured feedback to improve AI understanding within the commercial and industrial design field.

Highlights
  • Evaluate AI model outputs using expertise in commercial and industrial design.
  • Develop prompts reflecting real-world design tasks and evaluate AI responses.
  • Work asynchronously and remotely with flexible hours averaging 5-20 per week.
  • Collaborate indirectly with leading AI labs through feedback and assessment.
  • Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in product design, collaboration with engineering/marketing/production, and market research.
  • Use tools such as sketches, detailed drawings, and computer-aided design software.
  • Enhance AI models by providing clear, structured feedback relevant to workplace tasks and language.
  • Participation dependent on project availability; ongoing opportunities year-round.
  • Suitable for F-1 students eligible for CPT or OPT; STEM OPT not supported.

Commercial and Industrial Designers - AI Trainer (Contract) Full Description

Overview
Handshake is recruiting Commercial and Industrial Designer 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
    • Create and refine product designs using sketches, detailed drawings, and computer-aided design tools, ensuring alignment with customer specifications and production capabilities. 
    • Collaborate with engineering, marketing, and production teams to evaluate design concepts, assess feasibility, and oversee model fabrication. 
    • Conduct market research and develop manufacturing procedures to enhance product quality and appeal.
  • 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.