Remote Applied Physicist for AI Reasoning & Validation

Alignerr Corp.; Oxford; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a PhD-level Applied Physicist for a remote hourly contract role. You will craft open-ended physics problems at a PhD standard and develop gold-standard solutions, while auditing AI reasoning for consistency with fundamental laws.

You will refine model behavior on boundary conditions, conservation laws, and symmetry principles, and document how AI reasoning can fail on research-level physics tasks.

Qualifications

• PhD-level expertise in physics or closely related field.
• Strong analytical writing and ability to explain complex derivations clearly.
• Attention to units, notation, and dimensional analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design advanced physics problems at PhD level for exam-like rigor.
• Write step-by-step gold-standard solutions with all derivations.
• Audit AI reasoning for physical consistency and first-principles adherence.
• Provide expert feedback to train models in boundary conditions and conservation laws.
• Document failure modes of AI reasoning on complex physics challenges.

Skills

Analytical writing

Attention to detail

Independent work

Physics subject matter expertise

Education

PhD in Applied Physics

Physics/Engineering Physics

Tools

Python (NumPy/SciPy)

MATLAB

COMSOL

Job description

Alignerr is seeking a PhD-level Applied Physicist for a remote hourly contract role. You will craft open-ended physics problems at a PhD standard and develop gold-standard solutions, while auditing AI reasoning for consistency with fundamental laws.

You will refine model behavior on boundary conditions, conservation laws, and symmetry principles, and document how AI reasoning can fail on research-level physics tasks.