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Applied Physics PhD Benchmark Expert

Mercor

Job Location:

Mumbai - India

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 17 August 2026 (14 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 14 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: Applied Physics Benchmark Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $61$77/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Author original physics questions that test deep conceptual understanding not surface-level recall.
Ensure questions are unambiguous self-contained and precisely defined with all necessary information in the problem statement.
Rate each questions difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate) Hard (advanced undergraduate) or Expert (post-graduate and above).
Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear concise intermediate steps in markdown format.
Supply 15 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals university repositories).
For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity completeness precision or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications

Must-Have

PhD or doctoral candidate in Physics Applied Physics Astrophysics or a closely related field.
Masters degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
Strong command of graduate-level physics concepts and mathematical formalism.
Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred