Scientific Glassblower (Custom Laboratory Glass Shop)

The work

You will provide expert feedback used to train AI systems on custom laboratory glassware design and manufacture. The work includes reviewing customer sketches, judging whether apparatus can be built reliably, and explaining fabrication choices, risks, and trade-offs.

You will work with borosilicate and quartz glass, using knowledge of lathe and bench operations, joint design, glass-to-metal seals, graded seals, stress control, and annealing.

• Review sketches for wall thickness, stress points, design integrity, and production challenges.
• Provide technical guidance on custom apparatus made with lathe and bench techniques.
• Recommend joint types, materials, glass-to-metal seals, and graded seals for the intended use.
• Recommend and document annealing schedules that reduce stress and support reliable finished glassware.
• Suggest design changes that improve manufacturability, durability, or performance.
• Prepare detailed quotations based on design complexity, materials, and feasibility.
• Explain project risks, alternative approaches, and technical recommendations in writing and conversation.

What it pays and takes

This is a remote, part-time contractor role.

• Pay: $20 to $60 per hour.
• Location: Remote; open to candidates in the countries specified in the listing.
• Language: Professional fluency in English.
• Experience: Extensive custom laboratory glass apparatus fabrication in a university or company scientific glass shop.
• Technical skills: Expert lathe and bench glassworking in borosilicate and quartz.
• Design knowledge: Technical sketches, stress analysis, wall thickness, joint configurations, materials compatibility, and annealing schedules.
• Sealing experience: High-quality glass-to-metal and graded seals for laboratory applications.
• Communication: Clear written and verbal communication in technical and consultative settings.

How it works

You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.

The hiring platform's application for this job asks for your resume, your LinkedIn profile, your phone number, your location and answers to 7 screening questions.

About AI training work

AI training work uses human expertise to prepare examples, review information, and evaluate results so AI systems can improve. Specialists are paid for this work because practical knowledge helps make those examples and evaluations accurate and useful.