Head of Experimentation

Overview

Physical Superintelligence (PSI) combines physics, AI, and engineering to accelerate scientific discovery and develop consequential technologies.

We are seeking a Head of Experimentation to build and lead our physical experimental program. You will turn scientific questions into decisive experiments, develop the team and laboratory capabilities to execute them, and ensure that results withstand independent scrutiny.

This is a hands-on leadership role, working closely with PSI’s Physics, AI, and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Set experimental priorities and translate research objectives into executable programs with clear milestones and decision criteria.

• Lead the design, commissioning, and operation of experimental apparatus and measurement systems.

• Recruit, manage, and develop experimental physicists, research engineers, and technicians.

• Establish rigorous standards for calibration, data quality, uncertainty analysis, and reproducibility.

• Connect experimental results to modeling, AI research, and further technology development.

• Manage equipment plans, budgets, schedules, and shared laboratory resou