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STEM / Remote

Applied Physics Benchmark Specialist

Role Overview — We are seeking expert physicists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core physics domains,...

$61 - $77 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Code / Remote

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Experts

Mercor is seeking experts in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and thin-film processes to support a frontier AI research lab building models for semiconductors and the physical sciences. This is hands-on, expert-level work: you'll apply deep,...

$84 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Code / Remote

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Code / Remote — US-based

Atomistic & Surface Modeling Experts (Computational Materials & Catalysis)

Mercor is seeking computational scientists specializing in atomistic and surface modeling to support a frontier AI research lab building models for materials science and the physical sciences. This is hands-on, expert-level work: you'll...

$84 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Language / Remote

Condensed Matter Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Code / Remote

Fluid Dynamics and Convection Stability Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Health Physicist

About the work — Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate...

$65 - $75 / per-taskVerified / Application completed externally
Code / Remote

High Energy Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Code / Remote

Inorganic Materials, Semiconductor & Superconductor Experts

Mercor is seeking experimental scientists and engineers across inorganic synthesis, characterization, superconductors, and semiconductors (including advanced packaging) to support a frontier AI research lab building models for materials...

$84 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote - country eligibility not specified

Life, Physical & Social Science Expert

The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for scientific judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and expertise become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against. — This is a standing listing for...

$60 - $120 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Bay Area, CA

Materials Science Domain Expert

Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced AI models. — 1. Overview — We are hiring a senior materials science domain expert to...

$70 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Math / Remote

Mathematical Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Medical / Remote

Nuclear Medicine Physicist / Cyclotron RSO

About the work — Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate...

$65 - $75 / per-taskVerified / Application completed externally
Code / Remote - country eligibility not specified

Physicist Talent Network

About Mercor’s talent network — Join our Physicist Expert Network to connect with leading AI labs and companies seeking your expertise. This is an open application for future contract opportunities that match your background and interests....

$60 - $80 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote - country eligibility not specified

Physics Expert

The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for physics judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and expertise become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against. — This is a standing listing for...

$70 - $100 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Medical / Remote

Preclinical R&D Expert – ADC & Bispecifics

Mercor is partnering with a venture-backed AI lab building frontier AI platforms and physics-based foundation models for chemistry, materials science, and drug discovery. They're extending their platform into new areas of pharmaceutical...

$60 - $100 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Medical / Remote

Preclinical R&D Expert – In-house Drug Development

Mercor is partnering with a venture-backed AI lab building frontier AI platforms and physics-based foundation models for chemistry, materials science, and drug discovery. They're extending their platform into new areas of pharmaceutical...

$60 - $100 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Quantum Information Science Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
Policy & Safety / Remote

Radiologicals Safety for Redteaming

About the work — Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request while answering legitimate...

$65 - $75 / per-taskVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Stochastic Biophysics Physicist (PhD)

About the work — CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is...

$80 - $110 / hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Physics Expert PhD (Statistical Physics / Quantum Information / Condensed Matter)

Physics Expert PhD (Statistical Physics / Quantum Information / Condensed Matter) opportunity listed by micro1. Skills shown on the opportunity card include Physics, Kramers-wannier duality, Quenched disorder averaging. This overview is...

$100 - $200/hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Physics Expert PhD (AMO / Optical Properties of Materials)

Physics Expert PhD (AMO / Optical Properties of Materials) opportunity listed by micro1. Skills shown on the opportunity card include Physics, Ab initio configuration interaction for polarizability, Atomic-structure calculations for yb-171...

$100 - $200/hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Physics Expert (Condensed Matter / Quantum Information)

Physics Expert (Condensed Matter / Quantum Information) opportunity listed by micro1. Skills shown on the opportunity card include Physics, Exact diagonalization with translation + reflection symmetries (quspin preferred) for l >= 26,...

$100 - $170/hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Physics Expert (Condensed Matter / Magnetic Materials)

Physics Expert (Condensed Matter / Magnetic Materials) opportunity listed by micro1. Skills shown on the opportunity card include Physics, Magnetic structure factor calculations, Propagation-vector analysis. This overview is based on the...

$80 - $160/hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Physics Expert (AMO / Quantum Information)

Physics Expert (AMO / Quantum Information) opportunity listed by micro1. Skills shown on the opportunity card include Physics, Bogoliubov transformations, Sideband photocurrent spectra. This overview is based on the referral opportunity...

$80 - $160/hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Physics Expert (Biophysics / Statistical Physics)

Physics Expert (Biophysics / Statistical Physics) opportunity listed by micro1. Skills shown on the opportunity card include Physics, Stochastic two-state markov processes with gamma-distributed waiting times, Euler-lotka equation. This...

$80 - $160/hourVerified / Application completed externally
STEM / Remote

Physics Expert (Gravitation / Cosmology / Astrophysics)

Physics Expert (Gravitation / Cosmology / Astrophysics) opportunity listed by micro1. Skills shown on the opportunity card include Physics, First-order palatini gravity, Tetrad + spin connections. This overview is based on the referral...

$80 - $160/hourVerified / Application completed externally