Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for Experimental Design expertise, gathered from 6 platforms. Part of Science & Research.
Pay figures cover the 73 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
This role offers physicists specialized in fluid dynamics the opportunity to contribute to CritPt, a research benchmark testing the physical reasoning capabilities of frontier AI models. You will create, solve, or review research problems on linear stability of buoyancy-driven convection, in Rayleigh-Bénard or porous media, depending on your publication domain.
Posted September 25, 2026
You will contribute to the creation and evaluation of research physics challenges for an AI benchmark designed to test the reasoning capabilities of frontier models in gravitation, cosmology, and high-energy astrophysics. Depending on your publication profile, you will create problems, solve them, examine others, or audit them, producing research-quality work with rigorous written reasoning. This role is intended for PhD holders in theoretical physics who have published specifically on twisted gravity, axionic inflation, or multimessenger astrophysics.
Posted September 25, 2026
This role invites mathematical physicists to contribute to a research benchmark in fundamental physics, designed to assess whether cutting-edge AI models can solve real research problems in physics. You will work on specialized challenges in one of four proposed domains (special functions, integrable systems, permutation combinatorics, conformal geometry), creating, solving, reviewing, or validating problems at the level of academic research.
Posted September 25, 2026
This role consists of physically testing robotic sub-assemblies and hardware components to contribute to the training of next-generation AI systems. You will perform functional and reliability tests using specialized diagnostic tools, meticulously document results, and identify anomalies. This job is for students, recent graduates, or experts with knowledge in mechanics or electronics, with no prior AI experience required.
Posted September 22, 2026
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This role is designed for expert and experienced biologists to evaluate and rate responses generated by AI models in the field of biology. You will be tasked with writing research problems, evaluating experimental protocols, and identifying gaps between theoretically correct answers and their practical viability in the laboratory.
Posted September 15, 2026
Mercor is looking for experienced biotechnologists to evaluate and rate the work of AI models on biotechnology research and development tasks. You will provide expert evaluations on scientific validity, development feasibility, and regulatory compliance of proposals generated by AI, drawing on your hands-on experience with completed biotechnology projects.
Posted September 15, 2026
Join a network of chemistry experts to evaluate and train the most advanced AI models. You will contribute to improving AI systems by assessing the quality of their chemical proposals, explaining your technical expertise, and flagging discrepancies between theory and practice.
Posted September 15, 2026
Mercor is looking for experienced engineers to evaluate and rate technical solutions proposed by AI models in your area of expertise. You will critique the quality of analyses and designs generated, identifying gaps between theory and practical feasibility. This role is open on a continuous basis for engineers interested in AI evaluation and training work.
Posted September 15, 2026
You design assessment exercises to train and test AI models specialized in fire safety and occupant protection. Starting from real plans, documents and site photos, you create realistic tasks (evacuation analyses, correction lists, control decisions) and validate the answers with an expert peer before distribution.
Posted September 15, 2026
Mercor is looking for life, physical and social science researchers to evaluate and rate work generated by AI models. Your role will involve designing research problems, rating the analysis produced by AI systems, and identifying methodological gaps, using your scientific expertise to establish evaluation criteria.
Posted September 15, 2026
This role involves evaluating and rating responses generated by AI models in materials science, using your expertise to judge the quality of their reasoning. You will be asked to formulate materials problems based on your previous work, assess the consistency between microstructure and properties, and identify cases where proposed materials fail under real-world conditions. This role is aimed at materials scientists with solid research or industrial experience and capable of clearly communicating their expertise.
Posted September 15, 2026
You will contribute to evaluating AI models for radiological safety by writing test requests at different difficulty levels and judging whether the model's responses meet safety standards. This role requires recognized expertise in radiological crisis management, capable of distinguishing legitimate professional questions from potentially dangerous requests.
Posted September 14, 2026
You will write questions and scenarios to test an AI model's ability to correctly judge the potential for misuse of technical requests in chemistry, distinguishing legitimate questions from dangerous requests. This role requires practical expertise as a synthetic chemist or process engineer with experience scaling up reactions, and the ability to write clear technical justifications for non-specialists.
Posted September 14, 2026
You are invited to test and evaluate the use of Origin/OriginPro, specialized software for scientific graphics and data analysis, by performing practical tasks on Windows. This role is intended for researchers, physicists or chemists with hands-on experience with these visualization and data processing tools.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role is for molecular biology experts capable of independently designing nucleic acid sequences. You will contribute to improving AI models by evaluating their reasoning in the field, designing complex tasks, and writing reference solutions that will be used to train models. You will also establish quality criteria and guidelines for judging sequence design.
Posted September 11, 2026
This role involves operating a portable robotic manipulator arm in a laboratory to perform repetitive manipulation tasks for training robotic artificial intelligence models. You will execute precise instructions, reset environments between attempts, and report any technical issues to the project lead. No prior artificial intelligence experience is required.
Posted September 10, 2026
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This role involves solving and validating computational modeling problems in materials science by combining theoretical expertise and programming. You will create atomic structures, configure and run simulations (molecular dynamics, electronic structure, etc.), and leverage Python to automate calculations and analyze results.
Posted September 7, 2026
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This role offers the opportunity to contribute your expertise in atomic, molecular, and optical physics to train next-generation artificial intelligence systems. You will analyze optical properties of materials, review atomic structure calculations, and participate in adaptive oral interviews, with no prior AI experience required.
Posted September 7, 2026
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You are a physicist with a PhD or in the final stages of your thesis, specialized in an advanced field of physics. You will solve complex theoretical problems by providing rigorous and well-documented derivations, intended to train next-generation AI systems. No prior experience in AI is required: only your deep knowledge of physics matters.
Posted September 7, 2026
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You will contribute to an AI training project by solving, validating, and commenting on complex problems in your scientific field of expertise. The role combines rigorous scientific analysis, Python programming for calculations and simulations, and critical evaluation of solutions generated by AI.
Posted September 1, 2026
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FAQ
75 Experimental Design AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 2 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.
Among the 73 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $10 to $200 per hour, with a median of $83. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
Alignerr (26), Mercor (26), micro1 (12), DataAnnotation (9), Handshake AI (1) and Mindrift (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are Experimental Design, AI Evaluation, Scientific Writing, Data Annotation, Chemistry. Each listing states its own requirements.
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