Remote Physics Expert for AI Training & Evaluation

RemoteJobsOne; Toronto; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

RemoteJobsOne is seeking a Physics Expert (Professor / PI) for a fully remote contractor role based in Canada. You will provide high-level domain guidance to train and improve AI systems, adjudicate advanced physics questions, and draft rigorous evaluations for a senior audience.

Applicants should hold a PhD in physics with leadership in research and a track record of independent work, plus ongoing activity in one or more subfields such as high energy or quantum physics.

Qualifications

• PhD in physics with demonstrated expertise and scholarly impact in your subfield.
• Current or former Associate Professor, Full Professor, Chair Professor, or Principal Investigator/Group Leader with independent research leadership.
• Ongoing research activity in high energy physics, mathematical physics, biophysics, statistical physics, condensed matter, AMO/quantum optics, gravitation, cosmology, astrophysics, quantum information, or optical properties of materials.
• 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 (please indicate any gaps in experience with these tools).
• Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to articulate nuanced and well-reasoned judgments.

Responsibilities

• Adjudicate and render expert judgment on contested physics arguments within your subfield.
• Compare alternative approaches, detailing superiority under assumptions and regimes.
• Identify meta-level criteria for evaluating robustness and validity of work.
• Offer calibrated confidence with transparent uncertainty and open questions.
• Draft defensible written evaluations for senior physicists.
• Leverage LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter to verify or contrast technical claims.
• Clearly communicate unresolved questions and pertinent considerations.

Skills

Research leadership

Written communication

Independent research leadership

Education

PhD in physics

Tools

LaTeX

SymPy

Python

Jupyter

Job description

RemoteJobsOne is seeking a Physics Expert (Professor / PI) for a fully remote contractor role based in Canada. You will provide high-level domain guidance to train and improve AI systems, adjudicate advanced physics questions, and draft rigorous evaluations for a senior audience.

Applicants should hold a PhD in physics with leadership in research and a track record of independent work, plus ongoing activity in one or more subfields such as high energy or quantum physics.