Mindrift
Physics&PythonExpert-FreelanceAITrainer
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“Physics & Python Expert - Freelance AI Trainer at Mindrift. Skills: Physics, Python, AI training. Design computational physics problems to challenge AI models. Ensure problems have code-verifiable answers”
What You'll Achieve.
AI agent succeeds in a small number of attempts; Task scores within range; Task quality is high; Achieve a pass rate in the 10–30% band
Industry & Context.
Designing challenging physics problems; Tuning simulation parameters; Analyzing simulation stalls and integrator convergence
Project-based participation, not permanent employment, Work within a sealed Linux container
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Degree in Physics (Theoretical, Experimental, or Computational) or related, 2+ years of research, applied, or teaching, Python proficiency for writing reference, Ability to design problems that genuinely require a specialized simulation, written English (C1+)
Nice to Have
Fluency with — or willingness to independently learn — at least one scriptable physics package: FEniCS / DOLFINx, OpenFOAM, Meep, MPB, openEMS, Geant4, PYTHIA8, ROOT / PyROOT, WarpX, REBOUND, MESA, CAMB, CLASS
What You'll Do.
Design computational physics problems to challenge AI models
Ensure problems have code-verifiable answers
Utilize specialized physics tools (FEniCS
Write Python reference solutions
Supply input files and domain/initial condition definitions
Determine numerical answer and appropriate tolerance
Test problems against AI models
Tune problem difficulty for a specific success rate (10-30%)
Rewrite field configurations
tighten initial conditions and solver parameters
Analyze AI agent behavior and simulation issues
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Tasks reviewed by senior reviewers in the subfield
Communication Scope
English proficiency (C1+)
Full Job Description
_**Please submit your CV in English and indicate your level of English proficiency.**_ Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. **Participation is project-based, not permanent employment.** **What this opportunity involves** You design computational physics problems to challenge a frontier AI model. The problem must have an answer verifiable by code, and the problem has to require a specialized tool like FEniCS, OpenFOAM, Meep, REBOUND, CAMB, or others. Generic numerical libraries on their own won't cut it. Each problem runs inside a sealed Linux container with the tool pre-installed and a programmatic judge that grades the model's answer. As an expert author, you: • Pick an anchor tool and design a problem that hinges on its physics models, integrators, Monte Carlo kernels, or PDE discretisations. • Write a Python reference solution, supply input files and domain or initial condition definitions where needed. • Decide the numerical answer and how close the model needs to get — with a domain-appropriate tolerance — to count as right. • Test the problem against the model in batches of parallel attempts, tuning the problem difficulty until the agent only succeeds in a small number of attempts. • Once you're happy with the task, and it scores within range, the task goes to a senior reviewer in your subfield. They will provide feedback to ensure task quality is high. Calibration requires patience. You're tuning the problem against batches of parallel runs of the agent, aiming for a pass rate in the 10–30% band. Reaching that means rewriting field configurations, tightening initial conditions and solver parameters, and watching how the agents act. You'll learn how these agents cut corners, where a simulation stalls, where an integrator converges. This time compounds in two directions. You come out of each task with deeper command of the anchor tool itself, and a
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