We are looking to expand our team of expert consultants with 15 PhD Geoscientists for part time, fully remote work supporting frontier AI research. Projects start at $60-100 USD per hour, with top-performing experts on our platform earning $150+ USD / hour.

This role includes stress-testing leading AI models on research-level geoscience 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 geoscientist.

About Aligned

At 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.

Who We're Looking For

You hold a PhD in Geoscience, Geophysics, Geology, or a closely related field,



and you apply computational tools in your day-to-day work.

Ideal backgrounds include

Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and research scientists in university geoscience, geophysics, or earth science departments Scientists at government agencies and surveys such as the USGS or equivalent national geological surveys Researchers at national laboratories working on subsurface, seismic, or geodynamic modeling Industry geoscientists in energy, mining, geothermal, carbon storage, or geotechnical and hazard consulting

Minimum Qualifications

Fluent English reading and writing skills PhD in Geoscience, Geophysics, Geology, or a closely related field Hands-on experience in computational modeling, simulation, or large-scale data analysis

📌 Computational Geoscientist (Australia)
🏢 Aligned Labs
📍 Australia