Remote Gravity & Cosmology Research Scientist

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

Job summary

Obsidian invites researchers to work on research-grade physics problems in gravitation, cosmology, and astroparticle physics. You will select tasks, produce verifiable results with written reasoning, and collaborate remotely on a flexible 10-hour-per-week schedule for 8–10 weeks, starting immediately.

We expect publications on torsion, Nieh-Yan, or Chern-Simons phenomena, strong math and coding skills in LaTeX, Python, SymPy, and Jupyter.

Qualifications

• PhD in gravitation, cosmology, astroparticle physics required.
• Publish on torsion, Nieh-Yan or Chern-Simons phenomena.
• Three to five representative papers with arXiv IDs or DOIs preferred (last five years).
• Careful about sign conventions in tetrad/spin-connection.
• Proficiency in LaTeX, Python, SymPy and Jupyter; VS Code extensions helpful.

Responsibilities

• Work on research-level physics problems in your subfield with complete, verifiable writing.
• Produce results that another specialist can follow and verify independently.
• Collaborate remotely on a 8–10 week, 10 hours per week schedule starting immediately.

Skills

Einstein-Cartan gravity

Nieh-Yan term

Chern-Simons gravity

Cosmological perturbation

Numerical cosmology

Astroparticle modelling

Education

PhD in gravitation, cosmology or astroparticle physics

Tools

LaTeX

Python

SymPy

Jupyter

VS Code

Job description

Obsidian invites researchers to work on research-grade physics problems in gravitation, cosmology, and astroparticle physics. You will select tasks, produce verifiable results with written reasoning, and collaborate remotely on a flexible 10-hour-per-week schedule for 8–10 weeks, starting immediately.

We expect publications on torsion, Nieh-Yan, or Chern-Simons phenomena, strong math and coding skills in LaTeX, Python, SymPy, and Jupyter.