Mathematical Physicist, PhD

🔥 2 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $80 - $110 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👻 Ghost score 11%

What it means: how likely this posting is sitting open without active hiring.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Set Up Email Alert For New Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Mercor

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $350M Series C - Mercor on 2025-10

Mercor is a company for which no descriptive text was provided in the input. Additional information (products, services, target customers, or industry specifics) is needed to create an accurate summary and select appropriate industries.

📋 Description

• Work on research-level physics problems in the candidate’s own subfield • Create, solve, review, or audit benchmark problems depending on publication record and matched area • Produce complete written reasoning that another specialist can independently follow and verify • Apply specialized methods in special function analysis, integrability, combinatorics, or geometric analysis • Provide up to five selected areas of fit, supported by the candidate’s own papers, author position, and demonstrated methods • Participate in onboarding or a short live alignment call to agree on the area and assignment • Complete a brief 30–45 minute assessment if needed • Contribute to CritPt, a public benchmark testing frontier AI models’ genuine physics research reasoning • Support Mercor’s projects training and enhancing AI systems

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in mathematical physics, theoretical physics, or mathematics (hard requirement) • Postdoctoral researchers, research scientists, and junior faculty are strongest fits • Senior PhD students with a strong first-author record may apply • Published work on one of the specified phenomena, not merely adjacent areas • Verifiable publication record with three to five representative papers, including arXiv IDs or DOIs; first author strongly preferred • Demonstrated expertise in at least one specified area: special functions, integrable systems, permutation combinatorics for random tensor network entanglement, or conformal geometry • Working proficiency with LaTeX, Python, SymPy, and Jupyter • Familiarity with an agentic coding extension in VS Code is useful but not required • English at B2 level or above, including written reasoning • Availability for 10 hours per week across an 8 to 10 week window, starting immediately • Must work as an independent contractor • H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote and asynchronous work with no fixed hours • Fully remote role completed on your own schedule • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance • Reasonable accommodations upon request • Competitive pay • Collaboration with leading researchers • Up to $440 referral payment for each successful referral, subject to limits