Physics Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $110/hr Part-time

mercor; United States; À distance; USD 110 000 - 152 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Mercor, a company connecting elite talent with leading AI research labs, is seeking a Physics Research Collaborator (Part-time, Contract) for remote work. The role involves reviewing research papers, crafting advanced physics problems, and evaluating AI model outputs.

Ideal candidates hold a PhD or postdoctoral experience from a top-20 institution, with first-author publications and competitive fellowships.

Qualifications

• First-author or co-first-author publications in physics journals.
• Doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 institution.
• Competitive fellowships like NSF GRF or Sloan are preferred.
• Past patents or spin-out ventures are a plus.
• Active research experience (PhD candidate or postdoc).

Responsabilités

• Review and evaluate Physics papers for correctness and significance.
• Create and review challenging Physics problems to train frontier AI models.
• Evaluate model outputs on analytical derivations, predictions, and simulations.
• Highlight model failure modes that a PhD-level physicist would spot.
• Collaborate with a small program team and senior contributors.

Connaissances

First-author publications in physics

Postdoctoral research experience

PhD in Physics or related STEM

Formation

PhD in Physics or related STEM field

Description du poste

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: Physics Research Collaborator (Part-time); Type: Contract. Compensation: $80–$110/hour. Location: Remote. Commitment: Up to 20 hours/week.

Role Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate research papers in Physics for correctness, novelty, and significance.
• Author and review challenging Physics problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models.
• Evaluate model outputs on tasks like analytical derivation, mechanism prediction, and numerical modeling.
• Surface areas where current models fail, especially mistakes a working PhD physicist would catch.
• Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

Qualifications

• First-author or co-first-author publications in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Physics, or Science.
• A doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in Physics or a related STEM field.
• A competitive fellowship like an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship or Sloan Research Fellowship.
• Issued patents, a spin‑out company, or grants held as a named Principal Investigator or Co‑Investigator.
• An International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal.
• Current or recent experience in an active research role, such as a PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor.
• Compensation reflects research seniority and credentials.