Physical Sciences Expert | $50/hr Remote

Crossing Hurdles; Colombia; Remote; COP 180,710,000 - 257,375,000; Part time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Physical Sciences Expert - Terminal Bench on a remote, contractor basis. The role emphasizes building and validating computational workflows for advanced physical-science tasks, leveraging Python, C/C++, Julia, or Bash and domain-specific tools.

The candidate will design multi-step terminal tasks, develop self-contained environments with pinned dependencies, and implement expert solutions.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced technical experience in a physical-science field.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++, Julia, Bash, or similar scientific languages.
• Experience with Linux/terminal environments.
• Background in numerical methods, modeling, simulations, or quantitative analysis.
• Ability to design and validate reproducible computational workflows independently.

Responsibilities

• Design multi-step terminal tasks based on realistic physics workflows.
• Create self-contained computational environments with pinned dependencies and software.
• Implement expert solutions using Python, Bash, C/C++, Julia or domain tools.
• Develop automated tests for numerical accuracy, convergence, and structure.
• Ensure tasks are reproducible and run without runtime downloads.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Julia

Bash

Linux

Numerical methods

Scientific modeling

Data analysis

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent advanced technical experience

Job description

Position: Physical Sciences Expert - Terminal Bench

Type: Contractor assignment

Compensation: $50 per hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 20-30 hrs/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design multi-step terminal tasks based on realistic physical-science workflows.
• Develop self-contained computational environments with pinned dependencies and scientific software.
• Implement expert solutions using Python, Bash, C/C++, Julia, or domain-specific tools.
• Develop automated tests for numerical accuracy, physical consistency, convergence, and output structure.
• Validate that tasks are reproducible and execute successfully without runtime downloads.

Requirements

• Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced technical experience in a relevant physical-science discipline.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++, Julia, Bash, or another scientific programming language.
• Experience working in Linux or terminal-based environments.
• Experience with numerical methods, scientific modeling, simulations, or quantitative data analysis.
• Ability to create and validate computational scientific workflows independently.Strong understanding of units, numerical precision, physical constraints, and scientific reproducibility.