Mercor is looking for STEM researchers who hold or are currently pursuing an MSc or PhD to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will work through real research workflows on your own Mac to help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.
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- $80 – $110/hr
- Sep 25, 2026
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 and we recommend reading it before applying.
- Remote (Global)
- $80 – $110/hr
- Sep 25, 2026
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 and we recommend reading it before applying.
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- $100 – $200/hr
- Sep 7, 2026
Schedule: 10-15+ hours a week, Fully Flexible (Can accommodate working after hours/weekends) micro1 is engaging Physics Experts (PhD / Postdoc) to contribute deep scientific knowledge and problem-solving skills to a high-impact customer project.
- United States
- Up to $115/hr
- Jul 23, 2026
Research Engineer (AI Evaluation & Benchmarking) – Google DeepMind RE-Bench Project About the Opportunity We are hiring experienced Research Engineers, AI Researchers, Machine Learning Engineers, Applied Scientists, and Research Scientists to contribute to a cutting-edge AI…
- Mexico
- Jul 13, 2026
Our vision: Mastering machine learning is hard, frustrating, and takes time. The talent shortage is the mother of all problems in AI.
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