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Applied Physics Specialist (AI Training)
About The Role
What if your mastery of quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, and thermodynamics could directly shape how AI understands the physical world? We're looking for PhD-level Applied Physicists to put cutting-edge Large Language Models through their paces — designing rigorous problems, auditing AI reasoning, and documenting exactly where models violate the fundamental laws of physics.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for researchers and specialists who think in first principles. No prior AI experience needed — just deep domain expertise and an uncompromising eye for physical correctness.
About The Role
What if your mastery of quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, and thermodynamics could directly shape how AI understands the physical world? We're looking for PhD-level Applied Physicists to put cutting-edge Large Language Models through their paces — designing rigorous problems, auditing AI reasoning, and documenting exactly where models violate the fundamental laws of physics.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for researchers and specialists who think in first principles. No prior AI experience needed — just deep domain expertise and an uncompromising eye for physical correctness.
- Organization: Alignerr
- Type: Hourly Contract
- Location: Remote
- Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
- Design advanced, open-ended physics problems at the PhD qualifying exam level — multi-step, mathematically rigorous, and deliberately challenging for AI systems
- Author definitive "golden" solutions with precise step-by-step derivations, correct physical constants, and flawless unit conversions
- Audit AI-generated proofs and simulations for physical consistency — identifying where models "hallucinate" physics that violates first principles
- Provide structured, expert feedback to improve AI reasoning around boundary conditions, conservation laws, and physically constrained systems
- Work across core physics domains including Classical Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Quantum Mechanics
- Complete task-based assignments independently on your own schedule
- Hold a PhD (completed or nearing completion) in Applied Physics, Physics, Engineering Physics, or a closely related field
- Deep, practitioner-level command of the core pillars of physics — Classical Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Quantum Mechanics
- Exceptional ability to explain complex physical phenomena and mathematical derivations in clear, structured English
- Uncompromising attention to detail — you notice a wrong sign, a missing dimension, or a broken symmetry immediately
- Self-motivated and reliable when working independently on technical tasks
- No prior AI or machine learning experience required
- Prior experience with data annotation, scientific dataset evaluation, or quality review for research content
- Proficiency with computational tools such as Python (NumPy/SciPy), MATLAB, or COMSOL
- Background in research benchmarking or academic problem design
- Familiarity with AI tools or LLMs as an end user
- Work on high-impact AI projects alongside the world's leading research labs
- Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you
- Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, intellectually stimulating work
- Gain direct exposure to how frontier AI models are trained and evaluated
- Contribute to ensuring AI reasoning is grounded in physical reality — work that genuinely matters
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
Salary : $40 - $80