PART-TIME
Remote
Posted Sep 18, 2026
70–100 an hour
Job Description
About the Company
About AlignedAt Aligned, we partner with the world's leading AI labs to push the frontier of AI knowledge in fields like STEM, medicine, finance, and the humanities. Our platform matches subject-matter experts (like you) with paid consulting work on frontier projects at these labs.
About the Role
We are looking to expand our team of expert consultants with 12 PhD Environmental Scientists for part-time, fully-remote work supporting frontier AI research. This role includes stress-testing leading AI models on research-level environmental science problems, creating and verifying complex questions and explanations in your area of expertise, and assessing whether AI-generated reasoning meets the standards of a trained environmental scientist.
Responsibilities
• Stress-testing leading AI models on research-level environmental science problems
• Creating complex questions and explanations in your area of expertise
• Verifying complex questions and explanations in your area of expertise
• Assessing whether AI-generated reasoning meets the standards of a trained environmental scientist
Qualifications
• You hold a PhD in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related field, and you are actively engaged in computational research.
Required Skills
• Fluent English reading and writing skills
• PhD in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related field
• Hands-on experience in computational modeling, simulation, or large-scale data analysis
• You build or apply quantitative models and work with large environmental datasets.
Preferred Skills
• Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and research scientists in university environmental science, environmental engineering, or earth and environmental systems departments
• Scientists at government agencies such as the EPA, USGS, or equivalent national environmental and water agencies
• Researchers at national laboratories or research institutes working on environmental modeling and simulation
• Industry scientists in environmental consulting, water resources, energy, or corporate sustainability and risk analytics
Pay range and compensation package
• Projects start at $60-80 USD per hour, with top-performing experts on our platform earning $150+ USD / hour.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Information about an equal opportunity statement is not provided in the job description.
About AlignedAt Aligned, we partner with the world's leading AI labs to push the frontier of AI knowledge in fields like STEM, medicine, finance, and the humanities. Our platform matches subject-matter experts (like you) with paid consulting work on frontier projects at these labs.
About the Role
We are looking to expand our team of expert consultants with 12 PhD Environmental Scientists for part-time, fully-remote work supporting frontier AI research. This role includes stress-testing leading AI models on research-level environmental science problems, creating and verifying complex questions and explanations in your area of expertise, and assessing whether AI-generated reasoning meets the standards of a trained environmental scientist.
Responsibilities
• Stress-testing leading AI models on research-level environmental science problems
• Creating complex questions and explanations in your area of expertise
• Verifying complex questions and explanations in your area of expertise
• Assessing whether AI-generated reasoning meets the standards of a trained environmental scientist
Qualifications
• You hold a PhD in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related field, and you are actively engaged in computational research.
Required Skills
• Fluent English reading and writing skills
• PhD in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related field
• Hands-on experience in computational modeling, simulation, or large-scale data analysis
• You build or apply quantitative models and work with large environmental datasets.
Preferred Skills
• Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and research scientists in university environmental science, environmental engineering, or earth and environmental systems departments
• Scientists at government agencies such as the EPA, USGS, or equivalent national environmental and water agencies
• Researchers at national laboratories or research institutes working on environmental modeling and simulation
• Industry scientists in environmental consulting, water resources, energy, or corporate sustainability and risk analytics
Pay range and compensation package
• Projects start at $60-80 USD per hour, with top-performing experts on our platform earning $150+ USD / hour.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Information about an equal opportunity statement is not provided in the job description.
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