Applied Physics Benchmark Specialist

Official role description

Role Overview — We are seeking expert physicists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core physics domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities. — You will be assigned one of two task types: • Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of physics expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review. • Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made. — Physics Domains Covered — Semiconductor Physics, Nanoelectronics & Spintronics, Photonics, Quantum Optics & Ultrafast, Quantum Sensing & Metrology, Plasma Physics & Fusion Energy, Nonlinear Dynamics & Turbulence, Geophysics & Reservoir Simulation. — Key Responsibilities • Author original physics questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall • Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement • Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above) • Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers • Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format • Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories) • For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made — Ideal Qualifications • PhD or doctoral candidate in Physics, Applied Physics, Astrophysics, or a closely related field • Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain • Strong command of graduate-level physics concepts and mathematical formalism • Experience with rigorous academic problem design or physics olympiad writing is a strong plus • Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely — More About the Opportunity • Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week • Asynchronous, fully remote work