Physics Researcher | Remote
Crossing Hurdles · United States · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteAnalyst$80–$160/hrContract
Role Responsibilities
- Adjudicate and render expert judgment on contested or competing physics arguments, solutions, or interpretations.
- Compare alternative approaches to the same problem, detailing superiority under specific assumptions and regimes.
- Identify and articulate meta-level criteria for evaluating robustness and validity of competing physics work.
- Exercise calibrated confidence by providing authoritative assessments while acknowledging uncertainties.
- Draft defensible written evaluations suitable for review by fellow senior physicists.
- Leverage technical tools such as LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter to verify or contrast technical claims.
Requirements
- Strong relevant experience in the domain with a PhD in physics.
- Current or former Associate Professor, Full Professor, Chair Professor, or Principal Investigator/Group Leader.
- Ongoing research activity in areas like High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, or Quantum Information.
- 3-5 recent representative publications in your target subfield with arXiv or DOI references.
- Prior experience supervising PhD students or postdocs, or equivalent leadership in industry research settings.
- Proficiency with LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter.