Senior Physics Consultant
Aligned Labs · San Francisco, CA · 4 mo ago
Consulting$80–$120/hrContract
About The Role
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. Projects start at $80-120 USD / hour with top-performing experts on our platform earning $150+ USD / hour. This Role Includes Designing expert-level physics problems today's leading models can't solve. Evaluating and pressure-testing leading AI models. This is not tutoring, teaching, or generic annotation work.
Who We’re Looking For
- 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.)
Minimum Qualifications
- Fluent English reading and writing skills
- 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