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: 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. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
Rate each question's 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 transparent, concise intermediate steps in markdown format.
Supply 1–5 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.
Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
Solid command of graduate-level physics concepts and mathematical formalism .
Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred
Experience with rigorous academic problem design or physics olympiad writing is a robust plus.

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