Quantum Computing Physicist - Fully Remote
Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, 10550, USA
Listed on 2026-11-05
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, 10550, USA
Listing for:
Energy Jobline ZR
Full Time, Remote/Work from Home
position Listed on 2026-11-05
Job specializations:
-
Research/Development
Physics, Research Scientist, AI Business & Operations, Data Scientist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description Job Description
About the jobMercor 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
, and Jack Dorsey
.
Position: Physics PhD Coding Experts
Type:
Contract
Compensation: $70/hour
Location:
Remote
Duration: 6 weeks
Commitment:
20+ hours/week
- Source material from published papers, Kaggle datasets, open-source repositories, or self-designed scenarios.
- Write scientific prompts based on sourced input.
- Build grading criteria to define correct answers.
- Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring tasks ship only when strong models fail more often than succeed.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance
.
- PhD in physics, applied physics, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated depth in at least two subdomains: condensed matter, optics, quantum information/computing, computational physics, astrophysics, particle physics.
- Working proficiency in Python
, R, or another relevant programming for scientific computing. - Comfortable with Git/Git Hub and running code in Docker
.
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Prior scientific software or research engineering experience.
- Immediate
- A 25-minute conversational interview covering your background, experience, and motivations.
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:
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