Job Description
Job Details
Expert Professionals — STEM Research
Company: Mercor
Location: Remote (New York, NY
Geographic Reference
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$100/hour
Work Commitment: 40 hours/week (Weekdays)
Employment Status: W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC
Role Responsibilities
- Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps in STEM domains by surfacing edge cases, ambiguities, and frontier problems where current models underperform.
- Design challenging, rigorous domain tasks and write accurate, well-reasoned solutions that demonstrate expert-level scientific and technical reasoning.
- Evaluate tasks and solutions produced by AI agents and other contributors, providing clear written technical feedback grounded in domain expertise.
- Develop evaluation frameworks and rubrics for assessing scientific reasoning quality across STEM domains.
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Education: PhD (completed, enrolled, or equivalent research track) in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Science, or another STEM discipline.
- Experience: 3+ years of research, academic, or industry experience in their primary STEM domain.
- Technical Expertise: Demonstrated technical expertise in at least one domain: computational modeling, laboratory methods, data analysis, statistical inference, programming, or equivalent scientific methods.
- Availability: Ability to commit to 40 hours per week during weekdays for the duration of the engagement.
- Communication: Strong written communication skills; ability to explain complex scientific or technical concepts clearly in writing.
Preferred
- Prior experience with data annotation, labeling, evaluation, or human feedback collection.
- Experience with LLMs, AI systems, or agentic workflows; familiarity with agentic frameworks.
