AI Trainer – Physics – Physics AI

Job Description

AI Tutor – Physics | Confidential Employer

The Tone:
This is a remote role, offered as a fixed-term employment contract of 6 months, with potential for extension or conversion. SpaceXSI is dedicated to building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. In this role, you will significantly enhance Grok, the company’s AI model, by leveraging your deep expertise in physics. Your work is critical to training Grok to identify flawed reasoning, generate scientifically accurate solutions, and ultimately advance physics research and discovery.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time (preferred)
• Type: Fixed-term employment contracts of 6 months
• Location: Remote (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India)
• Pay: $45–$75 hourly (US-based)
• Mission: Guide AI models to solve complex scientific problems, improve research outcomes, and support scientific discovery and practical applications in physics.
• Tech Stack: Proprietary software applications, Grok models

What You’ll Actually Do
• Enhance AI models: Provide high-quality data annotations, labels, and inputs focused on physics to improve Grok’s understanding and performance.
• Evaluate AI outputs: Identify errors in physical reasoning or underlying assumptions within model responses and produce clear, rigorous solutions and explanations.
• Solve physics problems: Select and solve complex problems across diverse areas of physics, providing detailed, accurate solutions and critically evaluating AI-generated responses.
• Collaborate on development: Work closely with technical teams to train and develop new tasks, supporting the implementation of innovative technologies and initiatives.
• Optimize tools and workflows: Partner with technical staff to enhance the design, functionality, and efficiency of annotation tools and work processes.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Master’s or PhD in physics or a highly related field.
• Experience: English proficiency at CEFR C1 level or higher, and demonstrated expertise in one or more subfields of physics such as condensed matter physics, high-energy physics, nuclear physics, AMO physics, quantum computing, computational physics, mathematical physics, or biophysics.
• Skills: Strong research skills with proficiency in navigating scientific literature and specialized databases, excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills, and strong reading comprehension and critical-thinking abilities.
• Bonus: Advanced expertise in physics evidenced by multiple peer-reviewed publications (preferably including first-author), strong interest in technological advancement and scientific innovation, previous experience in AI tutoring or model evaluation, teaching or tutoring experience at the university or secondary education level, or experience in technical writing or science communication.