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Theoretical Physicist - Trajectory Expert - AI Trainer [Remote]

$80 - $120 per hour

Mercor

Miami, FL
  • Remote job

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: PhD Physicist — Frontier Reasoning Trajectory Writer

Type: Contract

Compensation: $80–$120/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 15 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Produce "golden trajectories" for hard physics problems with complete, step-by-step solutions.
  • Work in Studio and iterate with a frontier LLM to draft and refine reasoning.
  • Develop trajectories clean enough to use as training data.
  • Evaluate problems screened by a frontier LLM requiring failure at least once.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • PhD in physics or in the final 1–2 years of a PhD program.
  • Daily-driver fluency in LaTeX and Python .
  • Comfort with iterative LLM workflows.
  • Detail-oriented; comfortable producing publication-grade derivations.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Submit your application.
  • Complete the short technical assessment.
  • Strong applicants will be invited to a follow-up interview.

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