Hazardous Devices Red-Teaming Specialist

Mercor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. The role involves writing challenging prompts across three levels—benign, dual-use, and adversarial—and evaluating model responses against a defined policy standard.

You will also draft the reference answer with the technical reasoning for why a response is correct or incorrect. This is a writing-intensive role demanding clear rationale and structured judgment in a research-oriented setting

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to write clearly for non-specialists.
• Experience identifying legitimate vs. dangerous requests in real-world contexts.
• Ability to assess and document misuse potential with structured reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in three levels: benign, dual-use, adversarial.
• Evaluate model responses against defined policy standards.
• Write reference answers with technical reasoning explaining the boundary.

Skills

Red-teaming experience

Technical writing

Public safety professional

Education

Certified bomb technician

Military EOD background

Tools

Render-safe procedures

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. The role involves writing challenging prompts across three levels—benign, dual-use, and adversarial—and evaluating model responses against a defined policy standard.

You will also draft the reference answer with the technical reasoning for why a response is correct or incorrect. This is a writing-intensive role demanding clear rationale and structured judgment in a research-oriented setting