Materials Science Specialist Fully Remote
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: Research Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80–$90/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 8–16 hours/question
Role Responsibilities
Must-Have
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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: Research Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80–$90/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 8–16 hours/question
Role Responsibilities
- Identify high-impact open questions and propose major breakthroughs that would be transformative.
- Focus on problems that are concrete, tractable within ~10 years, and close to your expertise.
- Build a comprehensive knowledge base for selected questions, curating a pedagogically ordered reading list.
- Include textbooks, seminal papers, key datasets, methods, recent advances, and “hidden gems”.
- Assume an extremely strong student with only introductory undergraduate background.
Must-Have
- PhD candidates or PostDocs from top-tier institutions.
- Deep expertise in Chemistry, Applied Physics, or Materials Science & Engineering.
- Strong judgment about significance, tractability, and research quality.
- Ability to synthesize large bodies of literature into clear learning paths.
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
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