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mercor

Materials Scientist - Fully Remote | Upto $70/hr

mercor
IndiaPosted 18 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
RemoteContractorResearch & Development

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

Material Science PhD Coding Experts

Role Responsibilities

  • Source material from published papers,

Kaggle

datasets, open-source repositories, or designed scenarios.

  • Write scientific prompts based on sourced input to challenge

AI models

.

  • Build grading criteria to define correct answers for scientific tasks.
  • Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring tasks ship only when strong models fail more often than succeed.
  • Work

independently

and

asynchronously

to meet deadlines and improve

AI model performance

.

Must-Have

•

PhD

in materials science, materials engineering, applied physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, or a closely related field. •

Demonstrated depth in semiconductor materials and molecular modeling.

•

Working proficiency in Python

,

R , or another relevant programming language for scientific computing.

•

Comfortable with Git/GitHub

and running code in

Docker

.

Preferred

•

Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

•

Start Date

•

Interview Process

•

Upload your resume and application form.

•

A 25-minute

conversational interview covering your background, experience, and motivations. •

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

•

Upload resume

•

AI interview based on your resume

•

Resources & Support

•

For details about the interview process and platform information, please check

•

For any help or support, reach out to

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. Originally posted on Himalayas

Not included in the source posting: qualifications, benefits.

Skills

artificial-intelligencedockergitpython

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