STEM Expert, German (Germany)

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor seeks experienced scientists and engineers fluent in German to help train and evaluate AI agents on realistic professional tasks. You’ll work in realistic digital workspaces with documents, spreadsheets, email, chat and industry tools to create and review the kinds of tasks you handle in your own job.

Details: remote, about 21 hours per week, hourly, pilot running Oct 23 to Nov 19. Requirements include German fluency, a German bachelor's, and higher degrees a plus; strong quantitative

Qualifications

• Experience as a scientist or engineer in research or industry.
• Native or fluent in German.
• Bachelor's degree from a recognized institution in Germany.
• Comfortable with quantitative analysis, technical documentation and engineering problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Train and evaluate AI agents on realistic professional tasks in digital workspaces.
• Write and review realistic tasks in German grounded in local practice and terminology.
• Identify and correct mistakes in AI work, ensuring alignment with professional standards.

Skills

German language fluency

Quantitative analysis

Engineering problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree from Germany

Master's or PhD (a plus)

Job description

We're looking for experienced scientists and engineers who are native or fluent in German to help train and evaluate AI agents on realistic professional tasks.

What you'll do:

You'll work in realistic digital workspaces, with documents, spreadsheets, email, chat and industry tools, to create and review the kinds of tasks you handle in your own job. Your work will include:

• Building workspaces: reviewing files, memos and records a real team would have for a project or case.
• Writing tasks: drafting realistic requests in your language that a colleague or client might send, grounded in local practice, regulations and terminology.
• Defining what good looks like: writing clear grading criteria and checking whether an AI agent's work would meet your professional standard.
• Reviewing AI work: going through an agent's step-by-step work, spotting mistakes such as wrong calculations, missed details or incorrect local rules, and correcting them.

Requirements:

• Experience as a scientist or engineer in research or industry (master's or PhD a plus)
• Native or fluent in German
• Bachelor's degree from a recognized institution in Germany
• Comfortable with quantitative analysis, technical documentation and engineering problem solving

Details: Remote, about 21 hours per week, hourly, pilot running Oct 23 to Nov 19.