Materials Engineer Job at Mercor, New York, NY

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  • Mercor
  • New York, NY

Job Description

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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Materials Science Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $55$75/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use day-to-day. Include experimental write-ups characterization reports simulation results technology transfer memos IP disclosures project proposals and email threads. Represent platforms like VASP Materials Studio (Biovia) LabVantage LIMS and ANSYS Fluent .
  • Design multi-step tasks grounded in your real workflows. Require navigating multiple apps files and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents meaningfully.
  • Collaborate with other materials-science experts to design the environment shape task scope and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
  • Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for materials-science agent benchmarks.
  • Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • MS / PhD in materials science chemistry physics or related discipline.
  • 3 years of full-time experience at a Fortune 500 R&D organization national lab or R1 university materials research group .
  • Background in metals polymers ceramics composites or semiconductor materials.
  • Experience in characterization ( XRD SEM/TEM spectroscopy thermal analysis).
  • Computational materials science / DFT / MD .
  • Process development and scale-up.
  • Reliability / failure analysis in advanced materials.
  • Day-to-day use of VASP Materials Studio (Biovia) LabVantage / LabWare LIMS and ANSYS Fluent / STAR-CCM .
  • Strong analytical thinking and writing. Able to translate materials-science workflows into structured task specs.

Compensation & Legal

  • This project starts with an effective hourly rate. It will transition to a model where experts are compensated based on throughput of quality work rather than a flat accruing hourly rate.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

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

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Job Tags

Hourly pay, Price work, Full time, Contract work, Summer work, Remote work

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