Materials Scientist, Part-Time AI Simulation Evaluation - Remote (United States)

• $80–$150 per hour equivalent, paid per accepted task

• 100% remote

• Part-time

• About 15 hours a week, you choose when

Work on the cutting edge of AI, on your own schedule, and get paid for the materials expertise you already have.

The AI systems everyone is talking about are trained and tested by real materials scientists and engineers. The teams building them need experts who can create realistic simulation tasks, judge whether an AI’s results are reproducible and physically meaningful, write the solution a materials professional would give, and explain exactly where the AI’s assumptions or calculations fall short. Your judgment becomes part of how the next generation of AI models handles scientific and engineering problems. This is that work, done remotely, around your current job.

What you’ll do

• Create material structures, atomic configurations and simulation inputs that are ready for scientific solvers

• Run and review simulations covering material behavior, including molecular dynamics and electronic structure

• Write reproducible reference solutions and objective checks for computational materials tasks

• Diagnose failed calculations, convergence problems and incorrect physical assumptions, then explain why the result is wrong

Why this is worth your time

• Get paid the equivalent of $80–$150 an hour to build real AI skills, on top of your current job

• Work directly with frontier AI tools and see how they are built, tested and improved, experience most computational materials scientists will not have for years

• Build a career edge for what comes next: AI is reshaping computational materials science, and the people who understand it from the inside will lead that change

• Fully remote, fully flexible, no minimum shift, no commute

Who this is for

• An MS or PhD in materials science and engineering, metallurgy, materials-focused mechanical or chemical engineering, or a related field

• Demonstrated materials work using Python and at least one scientific or engineering tool through a command-line interface, script, configuration file or programmatic API

• Clear written and spoken English

• No AI experience needed. You bring the expertise; we bring the training on the tools.

Pay and details

• $80–$150 per hour equivalent; pay is per accepted task, as an independent contractor

• About 15 hours a week, you choose when; fully remote, United States

How to apply

1. Apply on OpenTrain (about two minutes; upload your resume).

2. Complete a short application on the hiring platform.

3. If shortlisted, take a short AI interview. Most people hear back within days.

Ready to put your materials expertise to work at the frontier of AI? Apply today.

About OpenTrain AI

OpenTrain AI connects experienced professionals with paid, part-time AI training work: shaping and improving the AI systems that companies are building right now.