Radiation Safety Red-Teamer & Policy Writer

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; 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 a model can judge misuse potential while answering legitimate questions fully and refusing dangerous ones. You will write prompts labeled benign, dual-use, and adversarial.

You will also evaluate responses against policy standards and draft a reference answer with the technical reasoning behind it.

Qualifications

• Licensed RSO / registered radiation safety professional
• Strong regulatory compliance knowledge
• Excellent technical writing and reasoning

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels
• Evaluate model responses against policy standards
• Draft reference answers and technical rationales

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models, testing whether a model can judge misuse potential while answering legitimate questions fully and refusing dangerous ones. You will write prompts labeled benign, dual-use, and adversarial.

You will also evaluate responses against policy standards and draft a reference answer with the technical reasoning behind it.