Physics Research Collaborator Remote
Overview
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam D'Angelo Larry Summers Jack Dorsey. This part-time position offers $80–$110/hour remote contract work.
What You'll Do5
- 1Review and evaluate research papers in Physics for correctness novelty and significance
- 2Author and review challenging Physics problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models
- 3Evaluate model outputs on tasks like analytical derivation mechanism prediction and numerical modeling
- 4Surface areas where current models fail especially mistakes a working PhD physicist would catch
- 5Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors
Requirements6
- 1First-author or co-first-author publications in journals such as Physical Review Letters Nature Physics or Science
- 2Doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in Physics or a related STEM field
- 3Competitive fellowship like an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship or Sloan Research Fellowship
- 4Issued patents a spin-out company or grants held as a named Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator
- 5International Physics Olympiad Gold Silver or Bronze medal
- 6Current or recent experience in an active research role such as a PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher
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