Physics Researcher - Fully Remote | Up to $140/hr

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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
• ▹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)
• ▹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
• ▹Working proficiency with LaTeX, Python, Jupyter, and SymPy
• ▹Strong written English (B2/C1/C2 minimum; native or near-native preferred)

About the company

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, its investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.