Computational Atmospheric Scientist
Quick facts
- Pay
- $60–100/hr
- Type
- Contract
- Location
- Remote — worldwide
- Background
- PhD
- Platform
- Aligned Labs — 15 open jobs
- Typical pay at Aligned Labs
- $50–130/hour · median $80 (15 jobs on our site)
- Payout
- Stripe (every two weeks · reported by workers)
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay to get AI training work
We are looking to expand our team of expert consultants with 12 PhD Atmospheric Scientists 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 atmospheric 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 atmospheric scientist.
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 Atmospheric Science, Meteorology, Climate Science, or a closely related field, and you are actively engaged in computational research.
Ideal backgrounds include
Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and research scientists in university atmospheric science, meteorology, or climate departments
Scientists at government agencies and national research centers such as NOAA, NASA, NCAR, or national meteorological services
Researchers at national laboratories working on climate, Earth system, or atmospheric modeling
Industry scientists applying atmospheric modeling in energy, renewables, insurance and reinsurance, aviation, or air quality consulting
Minimum Qualifications
- Fluent English reading and writing skills
- PhD in Atmospheric Science, Meteorology, Climate Science, or a closely related field
- Hands-on experience in computational modeling, simulation, or large-scale data analysis
Aligned Labs works with experts who train and evaluate AI models on specialised tasks. Contributors set their own hourly rate and are invited to projects that match their expertise.