Gravitation & Cosmology Research Physicist (Remote)

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking researchers to tackle research-level problems in gravitation, cosmology, and astroparticle physics. This role emphasizes analytical rigor and written reasoning, with publication-quality output expected for each assignment.

You will engage with specific subfields, creating problems, reviewing work, or auditing results, and you will document your reasoning as part of every task. Remote work, 10 hours/week over an 8–10 week window, at $80–$110 per hour.

Qualifications

• PhD in gravitation, cosmology, astroparticle physics or closely related field.
• Publications in the specified phenomena (torsion, Nieh-Yan or Chern-Simons) preferred.
• Three to five representative papers with arXiv DOIs/IDs, ideally last 5 years.
• Clear, precise handling of tetrad/spin-connection conventions.
• Proficiency with LaTeX, Python, SymPy and Jupyter; VS Code familiarity helpful.

Responsibilities

• Work on research-level gravity and cosmology problems as assigned.
• Produce publication-quality reasoning accompanying solutions.
• Contribute to problem creation, reviews, or auditing in subfields.
• Demonstrate careful handling of conventions and numerical methods.

Skills

First-order gravity

Tetrad/spin-connection

Nieh-Yan term

Chern-Simons gravity

Cosmological perturbation theory

Numerical cosmology

Astroparticle modelling

Education

PhD in gravitation, cosmology, astroparticle physics

Tools

LaTeX

Python

SymPy

Jupyter

VS Code

Job description

Mercor is seeking researchers to tackle research-level problems in gravitation, cosmology, and astroparticle physics. This role emphasizes analytical rigor and written reasoning, with publication-quality output expected for each assignment.

You will engage with specific subfields, creating problems, reviewing work, or auditing results, and you will document your reasoning as part of every task. Remote work, 10 hours/week over an 8–10 week window, at $80–$110 per hour.