Nuclear Medicine Physicist — AI Safety Red Team Expert

Mercor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red‑team frontier AI models, testing whether models can judge misuse potential while answering legitimate questions. You will write prompts across benign, dual‑use, and adversarial levels, evaluate responses, and draft reference answers with rationale for non-specialists.

This is a writing-intensive role focusing on dual-use radiology topics, isotope handling, and shielding calculations.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical writing, publishing, or expert witness is a strong signal.
• Ability to read and write about misuse scenarios in radiology/medicine.
• Familiarity with radiation shielding calculations and patient release criteria.

Responsibilities

• Write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.
• Draft reference answers with clear technical rationale for non-specialists.

Skills

Technical writing

Radiation safety

Red-teaming

Education

Nuclear medicine/radiopharmacy background

Physicist or radiochemist qualification

Tools

GMP compliance

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red‑team frontier AI models, testing whether models can judge misuse potential while answering legitimate questions. You will write prompts across benign, dual‑use, and adversarial levels, evaluate responses, and draft reference answers with rationale for non-specialists.

This is a writing-intensive role focusing on dual-use radiology topics, isotope handling, and shielding calculations.