Remote Physics Expert and Scientific Judgment Leader

YO AI Labs; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking an experienced Physics Professor or Principal Investigator for a contractor role focused on evaluating advanced physics arguments for next-gen AI systems. The candidate will provide high-level scientific judgment, assess competing claims, and draft defensible written evaluations for a technical audience.

The ideal expert has a strong independent research record, leadership experience, and mastery of tools like LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter.

Qualifications

• Requires a PhD in Physics with demonstrated impact in a subfield.
• Proven ability to lead independent research and communicate judgments clearly.
• Ability to evaluate and arbitrate complex physical arguments with rigor.

Responsibilities

• Adjudicate contested physics arguments, solutions, and interpretations within expertise area.
• Compare alternative approaches and explain strengths under assumptions and regimes.
• Identify meta-level criteria for evaluating robustness and soundness.
• Assess assumptions, approximations, limitations, and failure modes.
• Provide calibrated expert judgments and distinguish settled from unresolved questions.
• Draft rigorous written evaluations suitable for senior researchers.
• Use LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter to verify calculations.
• Explain unresolved questions and relevant scientific considerations.
• Contribute feedback to AI model training and evaluation.

Skills

Physics Mastery

Expert Judgment

Meta-Level Reasoning

Research Leadership

Defensible Written Articulation

Scientific Analysis

Technical Evaluation

Research Communication

Critical Thinking

Education

PhD in Physics

Tools

LaTeX

SymPy

Python

Jupyter

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking an experienced Physics Professor or Principal Investigator for a contractor role focused on evaluating advanced physics arguments for next-gen AI systems. The candidate will provide high-level scientific judgment, assess competing claims, and draft defensible written evaluations for a technical audience.

The ideal expert has a strong independent research record, leadership experience, and mastery of tools like LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter.