Environmental Specialist

Crossing Hurdles; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental research organization is seeking a candidate to design high-quality climate analysis tasks for AI systems. The ideal applicant will have a PhD in climate or a related field, exhibit professional research experience, and possess strong analytical reasoning skills. The role requires collaboration with a remote team. Responsibilities include data discovery, workflow crafting, and ensuring scientific precision in projects. If you're passionate about climate science and data analysis, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field from a top institution is mandatory.
• Professional research experience in climate science or environmental monitoring is essential.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Design climate analysis problems for AI systems.
• Develop multi-step tasks for data extraction and analysis.
• Craft workflows requiring navigation of scientific databases.

Skills

Analytical reasoning

Environmental data analysis

Attention to detail

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

PhD in Climate Science or related field

Tools

NOAA

EPA

NASA Earth Data

Job description

• Design high-quality, real-world climate analysis problems to support training and evaluation of frontier AI systems.
• Develop multi-step tasks involving environmental data discovery, extraction, and analysis across public data portals.
• Craft climate and geophysical workflows requiring navigation of government and scientific databases.
• Create detailed evaluation rubrics to assess AI reasoning, data interpretation, and analytical performance.
• Apply climate science and data analysis expertise to ensure scientific accuracy and real-world relevance.
• Collaborate asynchronously with a distributed team of research and domain experts.

Requirements

• PhD in Climate Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, or a related field from a top institution.
• Professional research experience in climate science, environmental monitoring, or geophysical data analysis.
• Familiarity with environmental and climate databases such as NOAA, EPA, EIA, USGS, or NASA Earth Data.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical reasoning skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with high English proficiency.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote, project-based environment.