AI training jobs for CAD and manufacturing specialists
CAD work is unusually checkable: a model produces geometry or a script, and you say whether the part is right. Postings name the tool — FreeCAD by a wide margin, then SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor and Fusion 360 — and several want parametric modelling, assembly design or CAD automation in Python rather than drawing by hand. The manufacturing side is smaller and more specific: CAM programming, CNC machining, and roles that ask whether a design can actually be made. Some postings are about auditing models someone else built, so reading another person's feature tree and finding the mistake matters as much as producing your own. What is judged is whether the dimensions, constraints and tolerances hold, and whether your written note explains the failure clearly. Remote, hourly contract work, at whatever rate the posting lists.
Checked micro1
Listed pay: $30to 130 / hr
across 634 openings on micro1
Some opening counts here are what the platform states; we have not verified them ourselves yet.
Open roles
- New 50 openings
Aerospace CAD Expert
Pay $40to 80
per hour
- New 30 openings
FreeCAD Expert
Pay $40to 80
per hour
- New 50 openings
Mechanical CAD Expert
Pay $40to 80
per hour
- New 50 openings
Industrial Design CAD Expert
Pay $40to 80
per hour
- 50 openings
CAD Expert
Pay $80to 130
per hour
- 20 openings
Autodesk Fusion 360 Specialist
Pay $40to 100
per hour
- 29 openings
Autodesk Inventor Specialist
Pay $30to 100
per hour
- 40 openings
SolidWorks Specialist
Pay $40to 100
per hour
- 50 openings
Manufacturing Design Engineer (FreeCAD)
Pay $40to 100
per hour
- 50 openings
CAD Data Generation & Validation Specialist (FreeCAD)
Pay $40to 100
per hour
- 50 openings
Senior FreeCAD Engineer
Pay $40to 100
per hour
- 20 openings
Autodesk Fusion CAM Expert
Pay $80to 120
per hour
- 100 openings
Manufacturing Specialist
Pay $80to 120
per hour
- 10 openings
CAM Programmer
Pay $80to 120
per hour
- 10 openings
CNC Machinist
Pay $80to 120
per hour
- 25 openings
Mechanical Design / CAD Expert
Pay $60to 130
per hour
Pay is the range each posting lists, in US dollars an hour, before anything the platform deducts. We never estimate.