Senior Physics Research Collaborator for AI Frontiers

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

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).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

First-author publications in physics

Postdoctoral research experience

PhD in Physics or related STEM

Education

PhD in Physics or related STEM field

Job description

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.