Remote Quantum Computing Physicist - 6-Week Contract

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 82,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote contract

Job summary

Mercor seeks a Physics PhD Coding Expert for a 6-week remote contract. The role involves sourcing materials, crafting scientific prompts, and building grading criteria to push AI model performance.

You will work asynchronously, with a 20+ hour weekly commitment, starting immediately. Required are a PhD in physics and deep knowledge across subdomains like condensed matter, optics, and quantum information, plus proficiency in Python or R and comfort with Git/GitHub and Docker.

Qualifications

• PhD in physics or closely related field.
• Expertise in at least two subdomains from the listed areas.
• Proficient in Python or R for scientific computing; comfortable with Git/GitHub and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Source material from papers, Kaggle datasets, open sources, or self-designed scenarios.
• Write scientific prompts based on sourced input.
• Build grading criteria to define correct answers.
• Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring tasks ship when strong models fail.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance.

Skills

Condensed matter

Optics

Quantum information

Computational physics

Astrophysics

Particle physics

Independent work

Education

PhD in physics

Tools

Python

R

Git/GitHub

Docker

Job description

Mercor seeks a Physics PhD Coding Expert for a 6-week remote contract. The role involves sourcing materials, crafting scientific prompts, and building grading criteria to push AI model performance.

You will work asynchronously, with a 20+ hour weekly commitment, starting immediately. Required are a PhD in physics and deep knowledge across subdomains like condensed matter, optics, and quantum information, plus proficiency in Python or R and comfort with Git/GitHub and Docker.