Physics Expert - Fully Remote Upto $135 HR

### 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–$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. ### 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 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).** ### **Resources & Support** * **For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:** * **For any help or support, reach out to:** **_PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity._** Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)