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 D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
Position: Materials & Engineering Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$90/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
• Author domain-authentic tasks from your materials science or engineering experience.
• Build a data room and grading criteria for objectively scorable tasks.
• Run tasks against the model, analyze performance, and iterate for genuine discrimination.
• Collaborate with the project lead and domain experts to define "good" in your domain.
• Work independently and shape the evolving work structure.
Qualifications
Must-Have
• Senior expertise in materials science or engineering domains.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and shaping evolving work.
• Ability to explain both correct and incorrect answers.
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