Energetic Materials Expert - Redteaming

mercor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 80,000 - 92,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor seeks an Energetic Materials Expert for Redteaming on a contract basis. The role is remote and focuses on writing prompts in explosives and energetic materials, evaluating model outputs, and developing reference answers with technical reasoning.

You will assess misuse potential, work independently to meet deadlines, and contribute to safe AI evaluation in collaboration with security researchers. Requires hazardous device, pyrotechnics, propulsion, and forensic expertise.

Qualifications

• Must-have: Hazardous Device Specialist / Public Safety Professional experience with render-safe procedures and device assessment.
• Must-have: Specialty Materials Chemist expertise in pyrotechnics or propulsion.
• Must-have: Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst with forensic identification skills.
• Must-have: Propulsion & Effects Engineer background in munitions and propulsion system design.
• Must-have: Commercial Blasting Engineer experience in specialty materials handling.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in the domain of explosives and energetic materials. Label them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard. Judge the correctness of each response.
• Write reference answers that include correct responses and the technical reasoning behind them.
• Identify misuse potential in technical requests. Ensure models refuse dangerous queries while answering legitimate ones.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

Hazardous device specialist

Public safety professional

Pyrotechnics

Propulsion systems

Forensic analysis

Incident analysis

Blasting engineering

Job description

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: Energetic Materials Expert for Redteaming. Type: Contract. Compensation: $65-75/hour. Location: Remote.

Role Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in the domain of explosives and energetic materials. Label them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard. Judge the correctness of each response.
• Write reference answers that include correct responses and the technical reasoning behind them.
• Identify misuse potential in technical requests. Ensure models refuse dangerous queries while answering legitimate ones.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Hazardous Device Specialist / Public Safety Professional experience with render-safe procedures and device assessment.
• Specialty Materials Chemist expertise in pyrotechnics or propulsion.
• Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst with forensic identification skills.
• Propulsion & Effects Engineer background in munitions and propulsion system design.
• Commercial Blasting Engineer experience in specialty materials handling.

Preferred

• Prior AI evaluation or red-teaming experience.
• Technical writing, incident or post-blast reporting, published research, or expert witness experience.