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Position: Research Physics Expert Type:Contract Compensation:$80–$140/hour Location:Remote Commitment:~10 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
Solve research-level physics challenges end-to-end with verifiable derivations, code, and peer-reviewed references.
Decompose challenges into standalone checkpoint sub-problems requiring genuine physical reasoning.
Author Python answer templates with auto-grading functions for symbolic or numerical answers.
Audit submitted solutions for correctness, scope, and method soundness; deliver actionable feedback across iterations.
Adjudicate between parallel solver attempts and decide which solution becomes the golden reference.
Document chain-of-thought reasoning, error tolerances, equivalent symbolic forms, and verification test cases.
Qualifications
Must-Have
PhD or postdoc in the relevant subfield (senior PhD student minimum).
Postdoc or junior professor in the relevant subfield (PhD minimum).
Full professor or industry research PI in the relevant subfield (senior postdoc or junior professor minimum).
Hands-on familiarity with at least two canonical methods of the target subfield, demonstrable through publications.
3–5 representative publications (arXiv ID or DOI), ideally within the last ~5 years and in the target subfield.
Working proficiency with LaTeX, Python, Jupyter, and SymPy.
Strong written English (B2/C1/C2 minimum; native or near-native preferred).
Resources & Support
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Numbers & Facts
Location
New York, New York (Remote)
Salary
$80–$140 Per Hour
Skills
Adjudicationunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
College Level Facultyunmatched
English Languageunmatched
Physicsunmatched
Publicationsunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Research Laboratoryunmatched
Research Skillsunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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