Physics Research Expert - PhD

Mercor
📍 New York, New York, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 21, 2026

Job Description

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 Pyt...

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Job Details

  • Location New York, New York
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category computer-and-mathematical
  • Posted Date June 21, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 31, 2026