PhD-Level Scientific Computing AI Task Designer

Appsierra Group; United States; Remote; USD 134,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible schedule

No cap on tasks

Job summary

Appsierra Group is seeking a Scientific Computing Research Expert to author and calibrate research-grade AI evaluation tasks based on your own computational research. You will design tasks around authentic workflows such as data analysis, model fitting, and numerical methods, drawing on real experiments you have run or analyzed.

Remote, independent-contractor engagement with flexible scheduling. You’ll define metrics, run and debug your work, and revise tasks according to feedback, with no fixed

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or holding a PhD with active, hands-on research experience.
• Master’s degree may qualify if actively involved in research through thesis-based enrollment or active research role.
• Working proficiency in Python to run and debug computational work.
• Active hands-on research or technical experience in your field.
• Ability to transform your own computational research into a clearly defined, research-grade evaluation task.
• Strong independent working and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and author original, research-grade AI evaluation tasks based on your own computational research.
• Build tasks around authentic scientific workflows such as data analysis, model fitting, simulation, numerical methods, or computational problem-solving.
• Define the metrics and characteristics that should be used to judge a strong solution without publishing the exact passing thresholds.
• Run and debug your own computational work to ensure tasks are technically sound and reproducible.
• Revise submitted tasks based on structured review feedback until they meet approval requirements.
• Optionally review and calibrate tasks submitted by other experts in your field.

Skills

Python

Independent work

Time management

Education

PhD with active research

Master's degree

Job description

Appsierra Group is seeking a Scientific Computing Research Expert to author and calibrate research-grade AI evaluation tasks based on your own computational research. You will design tasks around authentic workflows such as data analysis, model fitting, and numerical methods, drawing on real experiments you have run or analyzed.

Remote, independent-contractor engagement with flexible scheduling. You’ll define metrics, run and debug your work, and revise tasks according to feedback, with no fixed