Physicist, Theo Collaborators Program
FirstPrinciplesAnywhere - Remote
Posted December 22, 2025
Contract / Temporary
About the Company
FirstPrinciples is an independent, non-profit research organization building an AI Physicist to reason about fundamental physics from first principles.
Job Description
FirstPrinciples is seeking expert physicists for the Theo Collaborators Program, a selective group that will work with an AI Physicist to validate and guide its scientific reasoning in Quantum Information Theory.
Requirements
- Work in quantum information theory, QEC, or closely related areas
- Strong theoretical and mathematical grounding
- Curious, but appropriately skeptical, about AI-assisted research
- Value rigor, clarity, and intellectual honesty
- Comfortable engaging with exploratory, incomplete results
Benefits
- Modest honorarium (USD $5k–$10k for the term)
- Opportunity to engage seriously with an autonomous system attempting real theoretical physics
- Chance to influence the standards by which AI-assisted theory will be judged
