Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physicist (PhD)
Mercor
$80 – $110/hour · as listed
Mercor is seeking a PhD-level physicist to contribute to CritPt, a research benchmark designed to evaluate advanced AI models on authentic physics problem-solving. This remote position involves assessing whether frontier AI systems can perform genuine research-level reasoning across atomic, molecular, and optical physics—moving beyond standard textbook exercises. You'll work with complex physics challenges and help validate AI capabilities in specialized STEM domains.
This role suits physicists with doctoral expertise who are interested in AI evaluation and benchmark development. The work is flexible, offered at 10 hours per week on an hourly basis, with compensation ranging from $80 to $110 per hour. This is remote work available to qualified candidates globally. Before applying, review the CritPt benchmark paper (arXiv:2509.26574) to confirm alignment with the project's scope and methodology.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · hourly · 10h/week. ## About the work CritPt is a public benchmark of research-level physics challenges, built to test whether frontier AI models can carry out genuine physics research reasoning rather than textbook problem solving. The benchmark paper is [arXiv:2509.26574](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26574) and we recommend reading it before applying. It will tell you quickly whether this work interests you.
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