Physical Sciences Expert – Remote Contractor

About the role

This is a remote contractor position focused on designing and implementing multi‑step terminal tasks that reflect realistic physical‑science workflows. You will create self‑contained computational environments and ensure reproducibility of scientific simulations.

Key responsibilities

• Design multi‑step terminal tasks based on realistic physical‑science workflows.
• Develop self‑contained computational environments with pinned dependencies and scientific software.
• Create input datasets, molecular structures, simulation parameters, experimental data, or model configurations.
• Implement expert solutions using Python, Bash, C/C++, Julia, or domain‑specific tools.
• Develop automated tests for numerical accuracy, physical consistency, convergence, and output structure.
• Validate that tasks are reproducible and execute successfully without runtime downloads.

Required profile

• Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced technical experience in a relevant physical‑science discipline.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++, Julia, Bash, or another scientific programming language.
• Experience working in Linux or terminal‑based environments.
• Experience with numerical methods, scientific modeling, simulations, or quantitative data analysis.
• Ability to create and validate computational scientific workflows independently.
• Strong understanding of units, numerical precision, physical constraints, and scientific reproducibility.

Required skills

• Python
• C/C++
• Julia
• Bash
• Linux command‑line environment
• Numerical methods
• Scientific modeling and simulations
• Quantitative data analysis