Nuclear Physics Specialist

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MercorComputational physics
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Required Skills
PythonLinux

Requirements

  • Have graduate-level training in a relevant STEM field (MS, PhD, or equivalent research experience).
  • Demonstrate proficiency with scientific software libraries through research publications or professional work.
  • Have strong Python skills for writing problem setups and solution validators.
  • Be able to work in a Linux/terminal environment with remote compute sandboxes.
  • Be available for 15–20 hours/week.
  • Experience across multiple domains or tools is preferred.
  • Familiarity with benchmark or evaluation design is preferred.
  • A background in scientific teaching or exam/problem-set design is preferred.
  • Experience with computational reproducibility and containerized environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design graduate-level computational problems for AI to solve using real scientific software.
  • Develop problems requiring strategic planning and multi-step workflows in particle and nuclear physics.
  • Test and refine problems against state-of-the-art AI models to achieve target difficulty.
  • Use scikit-hep and other HEP Python tools for data analysis and simulations.
  • Refine problem designs independently based on feedback.
  • Collaborate asynchronously with teams to improve AI model performance.
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