Remote Physics Expert & Principal Investigator

YO AI Labs; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking established Physics Professors and Principal Investigators to provide high-level scientific expertise for advancing AI systems. You will evaluate physics arguments and provide authoritative judgments.

No prior AI experience is required; your physics leadership, research judgment, and ability to articulate complex reasoning matter most. This is a remote contractor role, offering the opportunity to influence AI research while leading rigorous written evaluations for senior

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics with scholarly impact.
• Experience as Associate/Full Professor or PI with independent research leadership.
• Proficiency with LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter.

Responsibilities

• Adjudicate contested physics arguments within your area of expertise.
• Explain which approach is stronger under assumptions and applicable regimes.
• Identify meta-level criteria for evaluating robustness and validity of solutions.
• Assess key assumptions, approximations, limitations, failure modes and breaking points.
• Provide calibrated expert judgments for uncertainty and unresolved questions.
• Draft rigorous, defensible written evaluations for senior physicists.
• Use LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter to verify calculations and claims.
• Explain when questions remain unresolved and relevant scientific considerations.
• Contribute feedback to AI model training, evaluation, and improvement.

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 established Physics Professors and Principal Investigators to provide high-level scientific expertise for advancing AI systems. You will evaluate physics arguments and provide authoritative judgments.

No prior AI experience is required; your physics leadership, research judgment, and ability to articulate complex reasoning matter most. This is a remote contractor role, offering the opportunity to influence AI research while leading rigorous written evaluations for senior