Remote Condensed Matter Research Scientist

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote and asynchronous work

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Mercor invites researchers to engage in research-level physics challenges across specialized subfields. This role emphasizes producing complete, verifiable work that another expert can follow and reproduce, with written reasoning required for every assignment.

You will work on narrow topics aligned with published phenomena and contribute to problem creation, solution, and critical review within a flexible, remote-influenced schedule.

Qualifications

• PhD in condensed matter physics is required.
• A verifiable publication record with arXiv IDs or DOIs of your own papers.
• English at B2 or above, including written reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Create problems based on your subfield and publish clear, verifiable results.
• Solve research-level physics problems and provide detailed reasoning steps.
• Review completed work from peers and audit it for accuracy and reproducibility.
• Match to one of the nineteen specified research areas and apply appropriate methods.

Skills

LaTeX

Python

SymPy

Jupyter

Education

PhD in condensed matter physics

Tools

VS Code

Job description

Mercor invites researchers to engage in research-level physics challenges across specialized subfields. This role emphasizes producing complete, verifiable work that another expert can follow and reproduce, with written reasoning required for every assignment.

You will work on narrow topics aligned with published phenomena and contribute to problem creation, solution, and critical review within a flexible, remote-influenced schedule.