RF Circuit Design Expert - PhD - AI Trainer

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: STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Electrical Engineering & RF/Circuit Design

Type: Contract

Compensation: $70–$100/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 15–20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design graduate-level computational problems using domain-specific scientific software libraries.
• Develop problems requiring sophisticated use of scikit-rf for RF and microwave network analysis and ngspice for circuit simulation.
• Calibrate tasks against state-of-the-art AI models and refine designs to achieve target difficulty.
• Create problems that demand strategic reasoning to uncover hidden information from data.
• Work independently and iterate on problem designs based on calibration feedback.
• Collaborate asynchronously with teams to improve AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Graduate-level training in a relevant STEM domain ( MS, PhD, or equivalent research experience ).
• Demonstrated proficiency with scientific software libraries like scikit-rf or ngspice .
• Strong Python programming skills for writing problem setups and solution validators.
• Ability to work in a Linux/terminal environment with remote compute sandboxes.
• Available for at least 15–20 hours per week .

Preferred

• Experience across multiple listed domains or tools.
• Familiarity with benchmark or evaluation design.
• Background in scientific pedagogy or exam/problem-set design.
• Experience with computational reproducibility and containerized environments.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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