Utility Technician

Overview

Handshake is looking for utility field professionals to support AI research through flexible, hourly contract work. This is not a traditional job. You'll draw on your hands-on experience with field operations, metering systems, and utility infrastructure to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI better understand real-world utility technician workflows and practices.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside anything else you have going on.

Details

This project involves using your professional experience and hands-on knowledge of the tools you use in your daily work to create expert-level training data and evaluate AI-generated responses for accuracy and relevance. No prior AI experience required.

Fully remote with a flexible, asynchronous schedule and no minimum hour requirement; most contributors work approximately 5–20 hours per week when participating in an active project.

Placement depends on current project needs, with opportunities to be considered for future projects as they become available.

Qualifications

At least 4 years of professional experience in utility field operations, metering, or infrastructure maintenance, in roles such as:

Meter Technician, Utility Technician, or Field Service Technician

Distribution Technician, Substation Technician, or Line Technician

Hands-on experience with one or more of the following workflows: meter installation and testing, distribution system maintenance, outage response, or substation operations

Familiarity with utility systems such as AMI platforms, SCADA, Oracle MDM, IBM Maximo, or ArcGIS

Strong written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment

Where you can work

This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in United States.