We are looking for Material Science PhD Coding Experts candidates for a project delivered through Mercor.
What you'll do
- Author original, executable research problems that today's frontier models cannot solve.
- Source your own material: a published paper, a Kaggle dataset, an open-source repository, or a scenario you design.
- Write scientific prompts based on the input.
- Build the grading criteria that define a correct answer.
- Calibrate against frontier models — a task ships only when strong models fail it more often than they succeed.
What you need
- Demonstrated depth in both of the following subdomains: 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 — authoring runs through a pull-request workflow with automated quality checks.
Nice to have
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Prior scientific software or research engineering experience.
Expertise
Who you work with
Project and contracting process: Mercor. Applications continue on the provider's website.