Explosives Forensics & AI Risk Red-Teaming Lead

Obsidian; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models by crafting prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels. You will evaluate responses against a policy standard and write the reference answer with technical reasoning.

Ideal candidates have national certification-style backgrounds, experience in casework, and proven technical writing. This is a writing-intensive role with exposure to misuse scenarios and NDA considerations.

Qualifications

• This is writing-intensive work; every judgement needs a written rationale for non-specialists to follow.
• Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal; include a sample or link.
• You will read and write about misuse scenarios in your field for sustained periods; brief experts in advance.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging prompts labelled across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard and judge correctness.
• Write the reference answer and the technical reasoning for why.

Skills

Written communication

Red-teaming

Technical writing

Education

Federally certified explosives specialist

Forensic lab identification of energetic materials

Post-incident analysis & reporting

Regulatory inspection of licensees

Expert testimony / casework on energetic materials

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models by crafting prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels. You will evaluate responses against a policy standard and write the reference answer with technical reasoning.

Ideal candidates have national certification-style backgrounds, experience in casework, and proven technical writing. This is a writing-intensive role with exposure to misuse scenarios and NDA considerations.