Condensed Matter Physicist - AI Trainer

Mercor

USARemoteFull-time$86528k–$118976k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-09

Remote

Core

Evaluate research-level condensed matter physics problems and design complex challenges to improve AI model reasoning.

Role type

Senior IC condensed matter physicist (AI trainer)

Builds

AI model training data and reasoning capabilities

Domain

Condensed matter physics + AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Condensed matter physics research, LaTeX, Python, SymPy, Jupyter, written reasoning in English

Preferred skills

Agentic coding extensions in VS Code

Responsibilities

Evaluate research-level physics problems, design and solve complex physics challenges, review and audit completed physics research work for accuracy, collaborate asynchronously with the team

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

About Mercor

Series C500 Employees

Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.