Remote Applied Physics Benchmark Specialist for AI Research

1000scholars; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking expert physicists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

This fully remote role offers asynchronous work and a commitment of 10+ hours per week, with payments weekly via Stripe or Wise.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Physics, Applied Physics, Astrophysics, or closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain.
• Strong command of graduate-level physics concepts and mathematical formalism.

Responsibilities

• Author original physics questions testing deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in markdown.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question.
• Flag clarity, completeness, and solvability when verifying edits.

Skills

Excellent written English

Education

PhD in Physics / Applied Physics

Master's degree in physics or related field

Job description

Mercor is seeking expert physicists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

This fully remote role offers asynchronous work and a commitment of 10+ hours per week, with payments weekly via Stripe or Wise.