Pod lead - Physics (Terminal Bench Science)

Hello,

Greetings from ZettaMine!!!

Freelancing Opportunity: We are hiring a POD Lead Physics Expert (Terminal Bench Science) for a short-term Frontier AI Research, Scientific Computing & AI Model Evaluation initiative.

Location: India
Role: POD Lead Physics Expert (Terminal Bench Science)
Mode: Remote-Freelancing
Start Date: Expected next week
Contract Duration: 3 Weeks
Employment Type: Contractor assignment (no paid leave)

Educational Eligibility:PhD, postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced research

LinkedIn Account is Mandatory to Apply

experience in Physics or a closely related field.

Mandatory Eligibility Criteria

• Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++, Julia, or Fortran.
• Proficiency in Linux and terminal environments.
• Hands-on experience in computational physics, scientific simulation, or physics data analysis.
• Strong understanding of numerical methods, mathematical modeling, conservation laws, dimensional consistency, and uncertainty analysis.
• Experience reviewing scientific code, computational models, or research outputs.
• Ability to validate simulation results, numerical convergence, physical invariants, and reproducibility.
• Experience mentoring technical teams and reviewing technical deliverables.
• Excellent written communication and technical documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with QuTiP, Qiskit, Kwant, ITensor, ROOT, Geant4, Astropy, Dedalus, or MEEP.
• Experience with Docker, Git, CI systems, and automated testing.
• Experience designing scientific benchmarks or simulation-based evaluations.
• Prior experience in AI training, AI coding agent evaluation, or AI model assessment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a pod of approximately 510 technical trainers.
• Review scientific tasks, simulation inputs, datasets, reference solutions, and automated graders.
• Ensure physical correctness, numerical accuracy, and reproducibility.
• Validate unit consistency, conservation laws, solver convergence, and uncertainty tolerances.
• Identify technical errors and prevent hard-coded outputs or bypassed computations.
• Provide actionable feedback and track revisions through completion.
• Allocate work, monitor quality, resolve blockers, and maintain technical documentation.

Availability Requirements

• Minimum 40 hours per week.
• At least 4 hours of availability per day.
• Minimum 4 hours of overlap with PST business hours.

Interested candidates: Please share your updated CV and LinkedIn profile at karthik.k@zettamine.com.

Thanks & Regards,
Karthik K
ZettaMine