Physics Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $135/hr

Role Summary

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–$135/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 requiring 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.

Requirements

• 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 ID or DOI), ideally within the last ~5 years and in the target subfield.
• Working proficiency with LaTeX , Python , Jupyter , and SymPy .
• Strong written English ( B2/C1/C2 minimum; native or near-native preferred).

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