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Handshake is seeking an Airfield Operations Specialist to assist in an AI research project from anywhere, leveraging your professional experience to provide feedback on AI model outputs.

Responsibilities: Evaluate AI model outputs based on your field experience, develop prompts, and provide structured feedback to improve model understanding.

Skills: Knowledge of airfield safety procedures, regulatory compliance, air traffic control communication, and operational management.

Qualifications: Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in airfield operations or related responsibilities.

Location: Remote; work can be done from anywhere with flexible hours averaging 5-20 per week.

Compensation: $75 - $75 / Hourly

Overview

Handshake is recruiting Airfield Operations Specialist 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
• Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
• Implement airfield safety procedures to maintain a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft.
• Conduct inspections of airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.
• Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
• Initiate or coordinate airport-wide snow removal on runways and taxiways.
• Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.
• Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
• Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.
• Plan and coordinate airfield construction activities.
• Monitor aircraft arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure operations.
• Train operations staff.
• Coordinate with agencies such as air traffic control, civil engineers, and command posts to support airfield management activities.
• Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft, and airfield status information to controlling agencies.
• Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.
• Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.
• Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties.
• Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.
• Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.
• Procure, produce, and provide information to support safe aircraft operations, including publications, charts, maps, and weather data.
• Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.
• Post visual display and status boards.
• Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, including routes and arrival/departure times.
• Conduct departure and arrival briefings.
• Collaborate on planning flight schedules and aircrew assignments.
• Maintain flight logs, aircrew flying records, and operational records for inbound and outbound flights.
• Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate air traffic control agencies.
• Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.
• Issue notices advising flight crews of airfield status.
• Monitor and manage drone operations within airport airspace to ensure safe aircraft operations.
• 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.