Propulsion Red-Teaming & Safety Assessment Engineer

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use and adversarial levels, and evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.

You will also craft the reference answers and detailed reasoning to explain correct handling. This role emphasizes written justification and sustained engagement with misuse scenarios in propulsion and initiation systems, drawing on real hardware and test data where

Qualifications

• Experience designing, qualifying or testing propulsion and initiation systems.
• Strong ability to justify complex judgments in written form.
• Background in mis-use scenario analysis or related red-teaming activities.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in benign, dual-use and adversarial categories.
• Evaluate model responses against a policy standard and judge correctness.
• Draft reference answers and provide the technical reasoning for correct responses.

Skills

Propulsion systems knowledge

Red-teaming experience

Technical writing

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use and adversarial levels, and evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.

You will also craft the reference answers and detailed reasoning to explain correct handling. This role emphasizes written justification and sustained engagement with misuse scenarios in propulsion and initiation systems, drawing on real hardware and test data where