Astrophysics PhD - Gravitation Expert

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: Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics Physicist (PhD) Type: Contract Compensation: $80–$110/hour Location: Remote Duration: 8 to 10 weeks Commitment: 10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI model training and improve model outputs in research-level physics challenges.
• Develop complex physics problems and solutions in your subfield for AI model evaluation .
• Review completed work and provide structured feedback to enhance training data quality .
• Collaborate with AI research teams to ensure precision and rigor in model reasoning .
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD in gravitation, cosmology, astroparticle physics, or a closely related field.
• Published work on specific phenomena such as torsion, Nieh-Yan, or Chern-Simons terms.
• Verifiable publication record with arXiv IDs or DOIs .
• Proficiency in LaTeX , Python , SymPy , and Jupyter .
• English at B2 or above , including written reasoning.

Preferred

• Familiarity with an agentic coding extension in VS Code .