Convection Stability Research Scientist (PhD) - Remote

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking researchers to work on research-level physics problems in buoyancy-driven convection, focusing on Rayleigh-Benard and porous-media stability. You will deliver complete, verifiable results with written reasoning so another specialist can reproduce your work.

Requirements include a PhD in fluid mechanics or applied math, a publication record on convection stability (DOIs/arXiv IDs), and proficiency with LaTeX, Python and Jupyter. English at B2+ is required.

Qualifications

• PhD in fluid mechanics, applied mathematics, mechanical engineering or closely related field.
• Published work on convection stability specifically.
• Three to five representative papers with DOIs or arXiv IDs.
• Proficiency with LaTeX, Python and Jupyter.
• English at B2 or above.

Responsibilities

• Work on research-level convection stability problems in Rayleigh-Benard and porous-media flows.
• Produce complete, verifiable results with written reasoning for reproducibility.
• Collaborate remotely with team and document methods clearly.

Skills

LaTeX

Python

Jupyter

Education

PhD in fluid mechanics or applied mathematics

Tools

VS Code

Job description

Mercor is seeking researchers to work on research-level physics problems in buoyancy-driven convection, focusing on Rayleigh-Benard and porous-media stability. You will deliver complete, verifiable results with written reasoning so another specialist can reproduce your work.

Requirements include a PhD in fluid mechanics or applied math, a publication record on convection stability (DOIs/arXiv IDs), and proficiency with LaTeX, Python and Jupyter. English at B2+ is required.