Effects Engineering Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $75/task Task based

mercor; France; Remote; EUR 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Propulsion & Effects Engineer for a contract role. This remote position requires deep expertise in propulsion system design, warhead effects, and advanced modelling to evaluate explosive performance and model terminal effects.

The engineer will draft reference prompts, collaborate with experts, and help AI models distinguish dangerous queries from routine ones, contributing to safe deployment of advanced propulsion-related AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in munitions and warhead design and effects engineering.
• Background in solid, liquid, or hybrid propulsion system design, test, and qualification.
• Expertise in terminal effects modelling such as blast, fragmentation, and penetration.
• Knowledge of fuzing, safe-and-arm, and initiation system engineering.
• Experience in test range engineering and instrumentation for propulsion or ordnance.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging, single-turn prompts in propulsion and energetic materials and classify them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
• Evaluate AI model responses against policy standards and judge correctness of each response.
• Write reference answers and provide technical reasoning for correct responses.
• Collaborate with experts to ensure AI models distinguish between routine and potentially dangerous queries.
• Work independently to improve AI model performance in handling dual-use scenarios.

Skills

munitions knowledge

propulsion design

terminal effects modelling

fuzing & initiation systems

test range instrumentation

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: Propulsion & Effects Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $65-75/hour
Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in propulsion and energetic materials . Classify them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
• Evaluate AI model responses against policy standards. Judge the correctness of each response.
• Write reference answers. Provide technical reasoning for correct responses.
• Collaborate with experts to ensure AI models distinguish between routine and potentially dangerous queries.
• Work independently to improve AI model performance in handling dual-use scenarios.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Experience in munitions or warhead design and effects engineering.
• Background in solid, liquid, or hybrid propulsion system design, test, and qualification .
• Expertise in terminal effects modelling such as blast, fragmentation, and penetration.
• Knowledge of fuzing, safe-and-arm, and initiation system engineering .
• Experience in test range engineering and instrumentation for propulsion or ordnance.

Preferred

• Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience.