Mercor

Physics Researcher - AI Systems

📍 Location
New York, New York
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 30, 2026
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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: Physics Researchers (Part-time)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $125–$225/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 4–16 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Identify areas...

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