Remote Physics AI Trainer — Design & Vet Realistic Tasks

MissionHires; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 172,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote contract

Flexible schedule

Minimum 10 hours/week

30–40 hours typical per week

Pay via PayPal

Onboarding and expert review

Job summary

MissionHires is seeking experienced professionals to design and evaluate high-fidelity physics and engineering tasks for AI models. This fully remote contractor role emphasizes real-data workflows, rigorous assessment, and detailed rubrics to ensure safe and accurate model usage.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in technical fields, strong Python or computing skills, and ability to operate without AI-assisted shortcuts.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of applied experience in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, engineering, data science, or related discipline.
• In-progress Bachelor's degree or higher; 2+ years of experience outside undergraduate study preferred.
• Current or recent hands-on individual-contributor experience in a technical field.
• Experience working with real technical data and field-specific tools (instrument data, measurement files, simulation outputs, schematics, drawings).
• Strong scientific and experimental reasoning skills, including experiment design, measurement error, uncertainty, and statistical pitfalls.
• Ability to assess work in adjacent sub-disciplines and explain what was done correctly or incorrectly.
• Strong written English communication skills and ability to explain why a technical result is incorrect.
• Familiarity with AI/LLM tools and ability to distinguish well-reasoned outputs from plausible but incorrect answers.
• Coding or scientific computing experience in Python preferred; comfort with command-line tools needed for some projects.
• Baseline proficiency with cloud file tools, browser profiles, desktop installation, and file-management tasks.
• Advanced degree or licensure is a plus; practical applied experience valued over credentials.
• Must complete the skills assessment independently without using AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic, challenging physics and engineering tasks based on professional workflows, including scenarios, prompts, and supporting files such as test data and schematics.
• Run tasks through frontier AI models and evaluate calculations, analyses, design reviews, and technical reports against professional standards.
• Compare model outputs generated from identical prompts and files, determine which performed better, and document strengths and shortcomings.
• Write detailed grading rubrics defining assumptions, methods, magnitudes, units, failure modes, and deliverables for correct responses.
• Identify and document concrete model failures, including unit or scaling errors, misread data, unsupported conclusions, or missing safety considerations.
• Build professional-style task files ranging from compact multi-file scenarios to larger assignments spanning days.
• Review and refine tasks created by other experts across physics and related disciplines.
• Complete a proposed task based on professional experience, including scenario, prompt, source files, anticipated failure points, and full task build after approval.

Skills

Applied physics

Mathematics

Engineering

Data analysis

Python

Experiment design

Statistical reasoning

English writing

LLM tools

CLI familiarity

Cloud tools

Education

Bachelor's degree (in-progress)

2+ years outside undergrad

Tools

Python

CLI

Excel

Job description

MissionHires is seeking experienced professionals to design and evaluate high-fidelity physics and engineering tasks for AI models. This fully remote contractor role emphasizes real-data workflows, rigorous assessment, and detailed rubrics to ensure safe and accurate model usage.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in technical fields, strong Python or computing skills, and ability to operate without AI-assisted shortcuts.