Materials Scientist | Remote

Contribute to research-grade physics benchmarks used to evaluate advanced language models. Solve, review, and validate complex physics problems across multiple specialized subfields. Work asynchronously with a fully remote, flexible schedule.

About the role

• Typical commitment of ~10 hours per week over an 8–10 week project window
• Independent contractor engagement with opportunities for project extensions
• Help produce fully human-verified reference solutions for frontier physics reasoning

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with atomistic modeling using first-principles or molecular methods
• Experience modeling surfaces, interfaces, and adsorption or reaction phenomena
• Experience with semiconductor-relevant materials or computational catalysis
• Proficiency with standard tooling such as VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, or LAMMPS
• A PhD in materials science, chemistry, physics, or a related field with research experience

Pay

$84 per hour

Schedule

10–40 hours per week, fully remote