Physics PhD: AI Benchmarking Scientist Frontier Models
Listed on 2026-10-07
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Research/Development
AI Business & Operations, Data Scientist, AI Evaluation -
IT/Tech
AI Business & Operations, Data Scientist, AI Evaluation
Mercor is hiring PhD and Master's scientists to author AI evaluation tasks for a new benchmark in scientific computing. You will design executable research problems that frontier models currently cannot solve and author prompts based on your sourced material.
Responsibilities include building grading criteria and calibrating against frontier models, with a focus on two or more physics subdomains and strong Python or R computing skills.
For the Physics PhD: AI Benchmarking Scientist for Frontier Models position at Obsidian, we are reviewing applications now.
If your experience matches this role, we encourage you to apply.
All applications are reviewed carefully by our team.
The position is based in San Francisco, CA, United States.
This opportunity is part of our work in Bio & Pharmacology & Health, IT & Technology.
The advertised compensation is 60..
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