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Physics Researcher AI Collaborator

Mercor

Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 14 August 2026 (15 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 11 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Physics Research Collaborator (Part-time)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80$110/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: Up to 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Review and evaluate research papers in Physics for correctness novelty and significance.
Author and review challenging Physics problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models.
Evaluate model outputs on tasks like analytical derivation mechanism prediction and numerical modeling.
Surface areas where current models fail especially mistakes a working PhD physicist would catch.
Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

Qualifications

Must-Have

First-author or co-first-author publications in journals such as Physical Review Letters Nature Physics or Science.
A doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in Physics or a related STEM field.
A competitive fellowship like an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship or Sloan Research Fellowship.
Issued patents a spin-out company or grants held as a named Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator.
An International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) Gold Silver or Bronze medal.
Current or recent experience in an active research role such as a PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher.