Mathematical Physicist (PhD)

AuraOne; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

AuraOne is seeking a Mathematical Physicist (PhD) to remotely review AI outputs across physics reasoning and research workflows. You will evaluate derivations, reproduce key results, and document correct methods to train the modeling team.

Responsibilities include reproducing derivations, flagging errors with structured tags, and adjudicating disputed answers using established textbooks and papers. This is a contractor, remote role with US eligibility.

Qualifications

• Graduate-level training in physics or closely related field for Mathematical Physicist (PhD) work.
• Experience publishing, teaching, or advising at a professional level.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning citing methods or papers.
• Reliable async availability for 10+ hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against physics methods and prior work for Mathematical Physicist tasks.
• Reproduce key derivations, calculations, or experimental claims for accuracy.
• Flag dimensional, methodological, and citation errors with severity tags.
• Capture corrected reasoning or worked examples for training data.
• Adjudicate disputed answers using textbooks or standard references.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in calibration cycles.

Skills

Physics expertise

Academic publishing

Clear reasoning

Multi-page rubric use

Async availability

Education

PhD in Physics or related field

Postdoc or industry research experience

Job description

Category: Scientific AI & Domain Experts · Pay: $80–$110 / hr · Location: Remote — US-eligible · Contractor

Mathematical Physicist (PhD) is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across physics reasoning, calculations, and research workflows. Reviewers grade derivations and assumptions, reproduce key results, and document the correct method so the modeling team can train on it.

Why this role matters

Physics models live or die on whether their derivations actually hold up under scrutiny. AuraOne uses scientific specialists to grade outputs the way a peer reviewer would — checking assumptions, reproducing key steps, and capturing the right method alongside the wrong one.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current physics methods, conventions, and prior work for Mathematical Physicist (PhD) assignments.
• Reproduce or sanity-check key derivations, calculations, or experimental claims.
• Flag dimensional, methodological, and citation errors with structured severity tags.
• Capture the corrected reasoning or worked example so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed answers against textbooks, papers, or community standards.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Qualifications

• Graduate-level training or equivalent applied experience in physics or a closely related field for Mathematical Physicist (PhD) work.
• Hands-on experience publishing, teaching, or advising on the topic at a professional level.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites methods, papers, or worked examples.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Example tasks

• Reproduce a physics derivation from a model output and flag any algebraic or dimensional errors.
• Grade a model's literature summary against the cited papers and rate the citation quality.
• Adjudicate a disputed answer between two reviewers using textbook methods.
• Audit a 25-row batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Nice to have

• PhD, postdoc, or industry research experience in the topic area.
• Prior work reviewing AI-assisted research tooling and its failure modes.
• Multilingual fluency for non-English papers and corpora.

Skills

• Scientific reasoning
• Method validation
• Citation review
• Quantitative analysis
• Physics

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

$80–$110 / hr