Convection Stability Research Scientist; PhD; Remote
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, 92605, USA
Listed on 2026-09-29
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Research/Development
Research Scientist, Data Scientist, AI Business & Operations
Mercor is seeking researchers to work on research-level physics problems in buoyancy-driven convection, focusing on Rayleigh-Benard and porous-media stability. You will deliver complete, verifiable results with written reasoning so another specialist can reproduce your work.
Requirements include a PhD in fluid mechanics or applied math, a publication record on convection stability (DOIs/arXiv IDs), and proficiency with LaTeX, Python and Jupyter. English at B2+ is required.
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