Senior Physics Expert for AI Reasoning & Evaluation

YO AI Labs; Town of Texas (WI); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking established Physics Professors and Principal Investigators to provide high-level scientific expertise for advancing next-generation AI systems. You will apply deep subject-matter mastery to evaluate arguments, assess reasoning, and deliver authoritative judgments on complex questions.

The role emphasizes independent research leadership, defensible written articulation, and the ability to draft rigorous evaluations for senior physicists.

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics with demonstrated scholarly impact.
• Active or recent leadership as PI or professor (e.g., Associate/Full Professor, Chair).
• Experience supervising PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, or equivalent leadership.

Responsibilities

• Adjudicate contested physics arguments, solutions, and interpretations.
• Compare alternative approaches and explain strengths under assumptions and regimes.
• Identify meta-level criteria for robustness and scientific soundness.
• Assess key assumptions, approximations, limitations, failure modes, and breaking points.
• Provide calibrated expert judgments distinguishing established conclusions from open questions.
• Draft rigorous, defensible written evaluations for senior physicists.
• Use LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter to verify calculations.
• Explain unresolved questions and relevant scientific considerations.
• Contribute expert feedback to AI model training and evaluation.

Skills

Physics Mastery

Expert Judgment in Ambiguous Cases

Meta-Level Reasoning

Research Leadership

Defensible Written Articulation

Scientific Analysis

Technical Evaluation

Research Communication

Critical Thinking

Education

PhD in Physics

Senior Academic Leadership (PI/Professor)

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 next-generation AI systems. You will apply deep subject-matter mastery to evaluate arguments, assess reasoning, and deliver authoritative judgments on complex questions.

The role emphasizes independent research leadership, defensible written articulation, and the ability to draft rigorous evaluations for senior physicists.