Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Riverside Recruiting is seeking an experienced Instructional Designer and Physics Subject Matter Expert to build a complete High School Physics course from scratch. The role involves aligning curriculum to NGSS and state standards, developing lessons and assessments, using AI tools for content creation, and ensuring accuracy and quality across digital learning materials.
Responsibilities
- Apply instructional design best practices across all phases of the project, analysis, design, development, rollout, and review
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all High School Physics content
- Build and refine a Physics course map aligned to NGSS and state standards
- Create lessons, activities, assessments, and supporting materials (e.g., teacher guides) from scratch
- Contribute to the design of online curriculum, instructional materials, and assessments, applying current best practices in the field
- Use provided AI tools to support content development, including drafting lessons and generating assessment items
- Evaluate, edit, and fact-check all AI-generated content for accuracy and standards alignment (critical for Physics — no hallucinated formulas or concepts)
- Author and edit content directly within the team's authoring system and approved third-party platforms
- Write assessments and knowledge checks aligned to specific learning objectives
- Design knowledge checks and other assessments to measure student comprehension
- Build assessments in the LMS and create supplementary content — discussion questions, activity pages, unit projects, and similar materials
- Collaborate and coordinate with visual designers on developing graphics and other design needs
- Build and edit interactive activities in proprietary tools and approved third-party platforms
- Review for effectiveness throughout development, collaborating with the UX team as needed
- Coordinate with PMO team by following the agreed-upon project plan and meet shared milestones and deadlines
- Report to content lead on development process and progress
- Bring creative, effective instructional design strategies to improve content delivery and learner engagement
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in physics, Physics Education, Engineering, or a closely related field
- 4-8 years of instructional design experience developing digital curriculum
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in high school Physics
- Experience building curriculum from scratch — not just adapting or reviewing existing content
- Working knowledge of NGSS and experience aligning content to state science standards
- Practical, hands-on experience using AI tools for content development (e.g., drafting lessons, generating assessment items, building instructional materials) — able to speak to how you use AI professionally, not just casually
- Experience writing assessments/knowledge checks aligned to specific learning objectives
- Comfort working in online authoring platforms and/or LMS environments (e.g., SoftChalk, Canvas, or similar)
- Strong writing skills — clear, accurate, age-appropriate content for high school students
- Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and manage a fast-paced, milestone-driven project
- Master's
- Prior experience developing full-course digital curriculum for all school models (virtual and brick and mortar)
- Experience collaborating with UX or media/production teams on interactive content
- Background developing teacher-facing materials (guides, pacing docs) alongside student-facing lessons
Benefits
- 100% remote, work-from-home
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