Remote Frontier HEP Researcher for AI Benchmark Challenges

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Job summary

Obsidian seeks researchers to tackle research-level physics problems in specialized subfields. You may create problems, solve them, review completed work, or audit it. All work includes written reasoning to ensure verifiability by other experts.

Applicants should have a PhD in high energy theory or a closely related field and a verifiable publication record. Remote, asynchronous collaboration with no fixed hours is offered.

Qualifications

• PhD in high energy or nuclear theory with published work on relevant phenomena.
• Ability to point to papers demonstrating the listed families.
• Strong written reasoning and clear argument construction in English.

Responsibilities

• Create problems and solve research-level physics challenges.
• Review, verify, and audit completed work within subfields.
• Provide written reasoning accompanying every assignment.
• Match to specific panels based on publication record.

Skills

Holographic methods

Perturbative QCD

Effective field theory

Lattice QCD

Group-theoretic counting

Astroparticle/detector physics

Education

PhD in high energy theory or nuclear theory

Tools

LaTeX

Python

SymPy

Jupyter

Job description

Obsidian seeks researchers to tackle research-level physics problems in specialized subfields. You may create problems, solve them, review completed work, or audit it. All work includes written reasoning to ensure verifiability by other experts.

Applicants should have a PhD in high energy theory or a closely related field and a verifiable publication record. Remote, asynchronous collaboration with no fixed hours is offered.