Remote Forensic Materials Specialist — Contract

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid weekly via Stripe Connect

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst for a remote, contract role. You will craft challenging prompts for energetic materials and propulsion, evaluate AI model outputs, and write reference answers with strong technical reasoning.

You will analyze dual-use scenarios, contribute to post-incident analysis and reporting, and ensure models refuse dangerous questions while providing accurate information. Fast, independent work is required.

Qualifications

• Federally certified explosives specialist or national equivalent.
• Experience in forensic laboratory identification of energetic materials.
• Expertise in post-incident analysis and reporting for an agency or laboratory.
• Regulatory inspection experience of licensees and permittees.
• Strong technical writing or published research experience.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in the domain of energetic materials and propulsion. Label them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard. Judge whether each response was handled correctly.
• Write reference answers, providing correct responses and technical reasoning.
• Analyze dual-use scenarios where residue analysis and diversion indicators are critical.
• Ensure models refuse dangerous questions while answering legitimate ones accurately.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance.

Skills

Explosives certification

Forensic identification

Post-incident analysis

Regulatory inspections

Technical writing

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst for a remote, contract role. You will craft challenging prompts for energetic materials and propulsion, evaluate AI model outputs, and write reference answers with strong technical reasoning.

You will analyze dual-use scenarios, contribute to post-incident analysis and reporting, and ensure models refuse dangerous questions while providing accurate information. Fast, independent work is required.