Research Analyst - Macbook Specialist

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 27,552,000 - 55,104,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking detail-oriented individuals to assist a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models while working on structured tasks that balance quality and learning.

This is a part-time role ideal for students and early-career researchers. Ideal candidates have 2-3 years of relevant experience or are pursuing Masters studies, and must own a MacBook with an M-series chip.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution
• Must own a MacBook with an M-series chip to perform tasks
• Strong online research and communication skills
• Ability to gather and clearly summarize information from diverse sources
• Excellent written communication skills
• Interdisciplinary degree is a nice to have

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models
• Support benchmarking and improvement of cutting-edge AI models
• Provide clearly structured responsibilities without high pressure commonly found in internships

Skills

Strong research skills

Excellent written communication

Clear information summarization

Education

Masters studies or 2-3 years + Bachelors from prestigious institution

Interdisciplinary degree (nice to have)

Tools

MacBook with M-series

Apple Silicon Macs

MacBook Pro M-series

MacBook Air macOS 15+

Job description

Role Overview:

Mercor is looking for detail-oriented individuals with 2-3 years of experience in STEM, non-STEM fields, or currently enrolled postgrad college students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.

Qualifications:

• Required: All experts on this project must have a Macbook device with an ‘M’ series chip to perform tasks on.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution
• Strong online research and communication skills
• Ability to gather and clearly summarize information from diverse sources
• Excellent written communication skills
• Interdisciplinary degree is a nice to have
• Must have a Macbook with one of the following requirements:
  • Apple Silicon (ARM) Macs
  • M‑series MacBook Pro, or
  • MacBook Air models running macOS 15 or higher

Job Details:

• Part-time commitment of approximately 10-20 hours per week
• Responsibilities include creating high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models
• Clearly structured responsibilities without the high pressure typically found in internships or full-time consulting roles
• Immediate start preferred