Physics Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $135/hr

mercor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 98,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks a Research Physics Expert for a remote contract to tackle advanced physics problems with verifiable derivations, code, and references. You will break down complex challenges into checkpoint steps requiring deep physical reasoning, and produce robust, reproducible results.

You will craft Python templates with auto-grading capabilities for symbolic or numerical answers, and rigorously audit solutions for correctness, scope, and method soundness across iterations, documenting tests and

Qualifications

• PhD or postdoc in the relevant subfield; senior PhD student acceptable.
• Postdoc or junior professor in the field; PhD minimum.
• Senior professor/PI in the field; senior postdoc or junior professor minimum.
• Hands-on familiarity with at least two canonical methods, demonstrable through publications.
• 3–5 representative publications (arXiv ID or DOI).
• Proficiency with LaTeX, Python, Jupyter, and SymPy.
• Strong written English (B2/C1/C2).

Responsibilities

• Solve research-level physics challenges end-to-end with derivations, code, and peer-reviewed references.
• Decompose challenges into standalone checkpoint sub-problems requiring physical reasoning.
• Author Python answer templates with auto-grading functions for symbolic or numerical answers.
• Audit submitted solutions for correctness, scope, and method soundness; deliver actionable feedback across iterations.
• Adjudicate between parallel solver attempts and decide which solution becomes the golden reference.
• Document chain-of-thought reasoning, error tolerances, equivalent symbolic forms, and verification test cases.

Skills

Python

LaTeX

Jupyter

SymPy

Engineering English

Education

PhD or postdoc in relevant subfield

Postdoc or junior professor in relevant subfield

Full professor or industry research PI

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Research Physics Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $80-$135/hour Location: Remote Commitment: ~10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Solve research-level physics challenges end-to-end with verifiable derivations, code, and peer-reviewed references.
• Decompose challenges into standalone checkpoint sub-problems requiring genuine physical reasoning.
• Author Python answer templates with auto-grading functions for symbolic or numerical answers.
• Audit submitted solutions for correctness, scope, and method soundness; deliver actionable feedback across iterations.
• Adjudicate between parallel solver attempts and decide which solution becomes the golden reference.
• Document chain-of-thought reasoning, error tolerances, equivalent symbolic forms, and verification test cases.

Qualifications Must-Have

• PhD or postdoc in the relevant subfield (senior PhD student minimum).
• Postdoc or junior professor in the relevant subfield (PhD minimum).
• Full professor or industry research PI in the relevant subfield (senior postdoc or junior professor minimum).
• Hands-on familiarity with at least two canonical methods of the target subfield, demonstrable through publications.
• 3-5 representative publications (arXiv ID or DOI), ideally within the last ~5 years and in the target subfield.
• Working proficiency with LaTeX, Python, Jupyter, and SymPy.
• Strong written English (B2/C1/C2 minimum; native or near-native preferred).

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