About this role
Role Overview
Apply advanced atomic, molecular, and optical physics expertise to help train next-generation AI systems on a specialized project involving atomic and optical properties of materials. Your contributions will provide high-quality, real-world scientific input that supports how AI systems learn, reason, and perform. Prior AI experience is not required.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert insight into AMO physics, with emphasis on the optical properties of materials.
- Review, analyze, and discuss ab initio configuration interaction methods used to calculate polarizability in atomic systems.
- Provide guidance and critique on atomic-structure calculations for ytterbium isotopes Yb-171 and Yb-174.
- Identify and distinguish sigma and pi transitions in relevant atomic spectra, including the physical principles behind them.
- Participate in adaptive spoken AI interviews, answering one question at a time and sharing clear, concrete examples from legally shareable research or projects.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Physics, such as an MS or PhD, or equivalent experience, with a focus on AMO physics or optical properties of materials.
- Experience with ab initio quantum chemistry calculations, particularly configuration interaction approaches to polarizability.
- Strong knowledge of atomic-structure computational techniques, especially as applied to Yb-171 and Yb-174.
- Ability to identify and explain sigma versus pi transitions in atomic contexts.
- Clear, structured written and verbal scientific communication skills.
Work Terms
- Remote independent contractor engagement.
Compensation
- $80 to $160 per hour.