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Physics Research Expert - PhD

Job in Utica, Oneida County, New York, 13501, USA
Listing for: Mercor
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-20
Job specializations:
  • Research/Development
    Research Scientist
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80 - 140 USD Hourly USD 80.00 140.00 HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

About the job

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
, and Jack Dorsey
.

Position: Research Physics Expert
Type:
Contract
Compensation: $80–$140/hour
Location:
Remote
Commitment: ~10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities
  • Solve research-level physics challenges end-to-end with verifiable derivations, code, and peer-reviewed references.
  • Decompose challenges into standalone checkpoint sub-problems that require genuine physical reasoning.
  • Author Python answer templates with auto-grading functions for symbolic or numerical answers.
  • Audit submitted solutions for correctness, scope, and method soundness; deliver actionable feedback across iterations.
  • Adjudicate between parallel solver attempts and decide which solution becomes the golden reference.
  • Document chain-of-thought reasoning, error tolerances, equivalent symbolic forms, and verification test cases.
Qualifications Must-Have
  • PhD or postdoc in the relevant subfield (senior PhD student minimum).
  • Postdoc or junior professor in the relevant subfield (
    PhD minimum).
  • Full professor or industry research PI in the relevant subfield (senior postdoc or junior professor minimum).
  • Hands‑on familiarity with at least two canonical methods of the target subfield, demonstrable through publications.
  • 3–5 representative publications (arXiv  DOI), ideally within the last ~5 years and in the target subfield.
  • Working proficiency with LaTeX
    , Python
    , Jupyter
    , and Sym Py
    .
  • Strong written English (
    B2/C1/C2 minimum; native or near-native preferred).
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form
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