Remote Physics Expert

Turing is a rapidly growing AI company focused on advancing and deploying powerful AI systems. The company collaborates with leading AI labs to push the boundaries of model capabilities in areas such as reasoning, coding, multilinguality, STEM, and frontier knowledge. These advancements are then applied to develop real-world AI solutions that address critical business challenges. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on fine-tuning large language models by applying deep analytical skills and expertise in physics. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in physics, ranging from advanced engineering entrance concepts to graduate and PhD-level knowledge, with the ability to clearly articulate complex phenomena through step-by-step reasoning. This position involves probing model limitations and leveraging cutting-edge AI tools, providing a pathway to future-proof your career in AI.

Key Responsibilities:
- Problem Creation & Solutioning: Design and solve challenging physics problems that push the limits of large language models.
- Authoring Gold-Standard Data: Develop clear, high-quality, step-by-step solutions with detailed reasoning to serve as benchmark data.
- Research Collaboration: Partner with LLM researchers to align task designs with evaluation goals, focusing on areas where models face difficulties, such as symbolic manipulation, abstraction, and multi-step reasoning.
- Benchmark Definition: Assist in defining and building new evaluation benchmarks covering physics topics from early undergraduate to PhD-level curricula.

Required Qualifications:
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills combined with excellent English comprehension.
- Exceptional structured written communication skills, with the ability to provide constructive feedback and detailed annotations in a remote work environment.
- Demonstrated lateral thinking ability to create novel scenarios and assess complex reasoning pathways.
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently in a fast-paced, remote-first setting.
- Access to a personal desktop or laptop with a stable, high-speed internet connection.
- Educational background or Doctorate in Physics, Applied Physics, or an equivalent technical field.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits:
- Experience in AI evaluation, data annotation, content review, quality assurance, or related analytical roles is advantageous but not mandatory.
- Flexible contractor engagement with a commitment of at least 4 hours per day, up to 40 hours per week, including 4 hours of overlap with Pacific Standard Time (PST).
- The engagement duration is 12 weeks, providing an opportunity to contribute to frontier AI research and development.

Candidates who are shortlisted will receive a Job Interest Form as the next step in the evaluation process. Final selected candidates will be contacted with further instructions, including onboarding details. This role is ideal for individuals passionate about physics and AI, eager to contribute to pioneering advancements in large language model capabilities.