Materials Scientist - Fully Remote

Mercor
Remote United States Full-time 🌐 English
ME
Salary: $110k - $150k/year
Experience: Entry-level
Added to JobCollate: May 2, 2026

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This role involves designing complex tasks for frontier AI agents within a digital workspace, requiring an MS/PhD and extensive R&D experience. It is a unique opportunity to bridge advanced materials science research with the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

Job Description

Materials Scientist - Fully Remote. Build a realistic digital workspace centered on Drive folders. Design multi-step tasks for frontier AI agents. Collaborate with other experts and research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria.RequirementsMS / 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.Originally posted on Himalayas

Full Description

Materials Scientist - Fully Remote. Build a realistic digital workspace centered on Drive folders. Design multi-step tasks for frontier AI agents. Collaborate with other experts and research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria.RequirementsMS / 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.Originally posted on Himalayas

Required Skills

Material-Scientist Materials-Science-Researcher Materials-Scientist