Hazardous Device Red-Team Specialist

Mercor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models and test misuse potential of technical requests. You will write challenging single-turn prompts across three levels—benign, dual-use, and adversarial—and evaluate model responses against a policy standard, then craft reference answers with clear reasoning.

The role emphasizes written justification for every judgment, and prior technical writing or expert witness experience is a strong

Qualifications

• Backgrounds in public safety with device assessment experience.
• Red-teaming experience is highly valued.
• Experience writing technical analyses or expert testimony is a strong signal.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled across three levels: benign, dual-use, and adversarial.
• Evaluate the responses that come back against a defined policy standard, and judge whether each was handled correctly.
• Write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the technical reasoning for why.

Skills

Red-teaming experience

Public safety background

Technical writing

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models and test misuse potential of technical requests. You will write challenging single-turn prompts across three levels—benign, dual-use, and adversarial—and evaluate model responses against a policy standard, then craft reference answers with clear reasoning.

The role emphasizes written justification for every judgment, and prior technical writing or expert witness experience is a strong