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Senior Physics Consultant

AI data training

We are looking to expand our team of expert consultants with 15 Senior Physics Experts for part-time, fully-remote work supporting frontier AI research.

Worldwide$80–$120 per hour
Hiring companyAligned Labs
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About the role

This is not tutoring, teaching, or generic annotation work.

Unlike low-skill freelance work on traditional consulting platforms, our community of experts set their own rates and are exclusively matched to the highest impact, top-paying projects in the industry.

Responsibilities

  • Designing expert-level physics problems today's leading models can't solve.
  • Evaluating and pressure-testing leading AI models.

Experience and education

You are a senior physicist with extensive experience solving complex, research-grade problems at world-class institutions.

Ideal backgrounds include:

  • Researchers at national laboratories (Los Alamos, Fermilab, Argonne, Oak Ridge, etc.).
  • Scientists at leading government research institutions (NIST, NRL, AFRL, etc.).
  • Faculty and researchers at leading universities (MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Princeton, etc.).
  • Physicists at elite research facilities (CERN, Brookhaven, SLAC, etc.).
  • Scientists at leading space/defense organizations (NASA, JPL, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, etc.).
  • Applied physicists at top-tier industry R&D labs and startups (Bell Labs, Commonwealth Fusion, Rigetti, IonQ, etc.).
  • PhD in Physics or closely related field.
  • 5+ years of post-graduate research or applied physics experience.
  • Track record at institutions recognized as leaders in your field.

Language requirements

  • Fluent English reading and writing skills

Eligibility

Work arrangement: Fully remote

Eligible locations: Worldwide

Compensation details

$80–$120 per hour.

  • Projects start at $80-120 USD / hour with top-performing experts on our platform earning $150+ USD / hour.
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