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Physics Content Specialist - Fully Remote

Mercor · San Francisco, CA, USA · Remote ·

Job type:
Full Time

Role Overview
We are seeking expert physicists to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core physics domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You will be assigned one of two task types:

Question Authoring - Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of physics expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review.

Question Verification - Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.

Physics Domains Covered
Semiconductor Physics, Nanoelectronics & Spintronics, Photonics, Quantum Optics & Ultrafast, Quantum Sensing & Metrology, Plasma Physics & Fusion Energy, Nonlinear Dynamics & Turbulence, Geophysics & Reservoir Simulation.

Key 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 clear, 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

Ideal Qualifications

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

Strong command of graduate-level physics concepts and mathematical formalism

Experience with rigorous academic problem design or physics olympiad writing is a strong plus

Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

More About the Opportunity

Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week

Asynchronous, fully remote work

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