Physics Researcher for AI Training [Remote]

Physics Expert (PhD / Postdoc)

Pay: $80-$140/hour

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote (Worldwide)

Schedule: 10-15+ hours a week, fully flexible, with availability for after-hours or weekend work if desired.

Role Overview

Contribute deep physics expertise to a high-impact customer project focused on training next-generation AI systems. This work uses real-world subject matter knowledge to create high-quality training data, evaluations, and feedback loops that improve how AI systems learn, reason, and perform. No prior AI experience is required; domain expertise is what matters.

Required Skills

• Physics mastery
• Written technical communication
• Technical problem-solving depth
• Mathematical and computational fluency

Key Responsibilities

• Solve advanced physics problems from your specialization, delivering rigorous, well-documented derivations and analyses.
• Produce technically precise, clearly written solutions that detail assumptions, approximations, and final results using LaTeX mathematical notation.
• Use SymPy, Python, and Jupyter for symbolic or numerical verification and clear computational workflows where relevant.
• Identify and articulate subtleties in problem statements, including special cases, boundary conditions, and dimensional consistency.
• Flag ambiguities in project materials, proposing well-reasoned interpretations and clarifications as needed.
• Iterate on submitted solutions in response to project reviewer feedback, ensuring corrections are cleanly integrated.
• Uphold rigorous documentation and reproducibility standards consistent with professional research practice.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in physics or advanced-stage PhD candidacy, with active research experience in a relevant subfield.
• Research expertise in one or more of: High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Biophysics, Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter, including moire systems, magnetism, and PXP/Rydberg, AMO/Quantum Optics, Gravitation, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Quantum Information, or Optical Properties of Materials.
• 2-5 recent representative publications from the past ~5 years in your field, with accessible arXiv or DOI records.
• Proficiency with LaTeX for presenting mathematics, and with SymPy, Python, and Jupyter for computational work; willingness to indicate areas for further support if needed.
• Demonstrated excellence in written technical communication, with a track record of producing clear, precise, and well-argued scientific outputs.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to isolate key physical principles and provide nuanced solutions to complex problems.
• Availability to engage with the project consistently over an 8-10 week period, approximately 10 hours/week.

About the Work

The organization is an AI data lab training frontier models and evaluating AI agents. Experts contribute subject matter knowledge across domains such as finance, healthcare, STEM engineering, and more, helping build the human intelligence layer for frontier AI and expanding access to meaningful work through applied expertise.