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Scientists and researchers, often at PhD level, who design and grade hard problems in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. Academic rigor is the requirement, coding is a plus.

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Radiologicals Safety for Redteaming

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

The radiological safety expert writes challenging prompts and evaluates frontier AI model responses regarding dual-use scenarios. Applicants must have direct professional responsibility for radioactive material and strong technical writing skills.

Posted 54 days ago

Nuclear Engineering & Safeguards Experts for Red Team

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

Nuclear engineering experts write adversarial prompts to test AI model boundaries, evaluate responses against safety policies, and provide written technical reasoning. Candidates need deep fuel cycle and safeguards background, plus strong technical writing skills.

Posted 54 days ago

Physics Expert PhD (AMO / Optical Properties of Materials)

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Sciences and research
Expert
Remote
Part time

This remote, part-time contractor role involves providing expert insights on atomic, molecular, and optical physics to train advanced AI systems. Candidates must hold an advanced degree in physics with a focus on AMO physics or the optical properties of materials.

  • Physics
  • ab initio configuration interaction for polarizability
  • atomic-structure calculations for Yb-171 / Yb-174
  • +1

Posted 57 days ago$100 to $200/h

Physics Expert PhD (Statistical Physics / Quantum Information / Condensed Matter)

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Sciences and research
Expert
Remote
Part time

The Physics Expert evaluates complex statistical physics phenomena and numerical simulations to train advanced AI systems. The role requires a PhD in physics with a specialization in statistical physics, quantum information, or condensed matter.

  • Physics
  • Kramers-Wannier duality
  • quenched disorder averaging
  • +4

Posted 57 days ago$100 to $200/h

Physics Expert (PhD / Postdoc)

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Sciences and research
Expert
Remote
Contract

The Physics Expert solves advanced physics problems and produces rigorous, well-documented derivations using LaTeX and Python to help train next-generation AI systems. The role requires a PhD or advanced-stage PhD candidacy in physics and active research experience in a relevant subfield.

  • Physics Mastery
  • Written Technical Communication
  • Technical Problem-Solving Depth
  • +1

Posted 57 days ago$100 to $200/h

Drug Discovery Scientist

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

Design complex drug discovery research challenges to evaluate frontier AI models in a sandbox environment. Applicants need a PhD or equivalent industry expertise in medicinal chemistry or enzymology, along with a commitment of at least 20 hours per week.

Posted 63 days ago$60 to $90/h

Pharmaceutical R&D Domain Expert

Mercor
Sciences and research
On site
United States only
Full time

The Pharmaceutical R&D Domain Expert reviews model outputs, writes instruction specs, and designs benchmarks to improve artificial intelligence reasoning in drug development. Applicants must hold a PhD, PharmD, or MD alongside at least four years of substantive biotechnology research experience.

Posted 75 days ago$75 to $115/h

Biochemistry & Life Sciences Domain Expert

Mercor
Sciences and research
On site
United States only
Full time

The biochemistry and life sciences domain expert reviews AI model outputs, writes instruction specifications, and builds evaluation benchmarks. Applicants must hold a PhD in a relevant life science and possess four or more years of substantive research experience.

Posted 75 days ago$65 to $105/h

Preclinical R&D Expert, In-house Drug Development

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

This remote role involves reviewing technical materials, annotating scientific data, and providing expert perspective to improve AI models for drug discovery. Candidates must have at least five years of hands-on preclinical research and development experience in a core function with specific drug modalities.

Posted 79 days ago$60 to $100/h

Applied Physics Benchmark Specialist

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

This remote role involves authoring and verifying advanced academic physics questions to benchmark AI models. Candidates need a PhD in Physics and strong command of graduate-level concepts.

Posted 81 days ago$61 to $77/h

Preclinical R&D Expert, ADC & Bispecifics

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Contract

This remote role involves reviewing technical R&D data, annotating scientific datasets, and guiding AI models for ADC and bispecific antibody development. Candidates must have at least five years of hands-on preclinical R&D industry experience with in-house drug asset development.

Posted 82 days ago$60 to $100/h

Medicare Advantage Brokers Survey, Agent & Enrollment Insights

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
United States only
Contract

This remote role involves completing a short online survey with multiple choice and voice recorded responses about selling Medicare Advantage plans. Applicants must be licensed health insurance brokers in the United States who actively sold these plans during the latest Annual Enrollment Period.

Posted 88 days ago

Payer & Market Access Expert, Gross-to-Net & Formulary Strategy

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
United States only
Part time

This remote role involves creating and critiquing evaluation rubrics for commercial drugs and drug development programs, with a focus on gross to net and formulary strategy assumptions. Candidates must have five plus years of experience in market access, pricing and reimbursement, or managed markets.

Posted 89 days ago$175 to $200/h

Epidemiologist, Patient Population Sizing

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
United States only
Part time

This remote role involves creating rubrics, sizing patient populations for drugs, and evaluating estimates using real-world data. The ideal candidate is a US-based epidemiologist with over five years of practice and familiarity with biotech programs.

Posted 89 days ago$150 to $175/h

Biotech Investment Analyst, Drug Asset & Company Assessment

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
United States only
Part time

This remote role involves creating rubrics, assessing commercial drugs and development programs, and judging investment theses for a biotech research project. Candidates must have five or more years of experience as a biotech or healthcare investment analyst with a specialist fund background.

Posted 89 days ago$120 to $200/h

Inorganic Materials, Semiconductor & Superconductor Experts

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
United States only
Contract

This remote role involves evaluating and structuring scientific data for AI models in materials science and semiconductors. Candidates must have hands-on experimental experience in inorganic synthesis, superconductors, or semiconductors, along with an advanced degree in a related field.

Posted 93 days ago$84/h

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Experts

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
United States only
Contract

This remote role involves developing training data and evaluating AI models for semiconductor processes like atomic layer deposition. Candidates must possess hands-on experience in thin-film deposition and an advanced degree in a relevant technical field.

Posted 93 days ago$84/h

Stanford Youth Study, US Parents & Kids (Age 9, 13)

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
United States only
Part time

Parents and their children aged 9 or 13 complete short online surveys and text check-ins for a Stanford research study on smartphones and families. Participants must reside in the United States and the child must have a personal smartphone with an active SIM card.

Posted 97 days ago$110/h

Physical Scientist Talent Network

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Part time

Physical scientists join a talent network to train and evaluate artificial intelligence models for leading technology labs. Candidates need professional experience in experimental research methods and strong remote communication skills.

Posted 249 days ago$60 to $80/h

Chemist Talent Network

Mercor
Sciences and research
Remote
Part time

Chemists in this role train and evaluate AI models, create real world tasks, and provide domain specific feedback. The position requires professional experience in analytical chemistry techniques and strong communication skills.

Posted 249 days ago$60 to $80/h