Propulsion Systems Engineer — AI Safety Red Team

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

Job summary

Mercor is assembling an expert panel to red-team frontier AI models, focusing on misuse potential and safe responses. You will craft challenging prompts in benign, dual-use, and adversarial categories.

You will also evaluate model outputs against a policy standard and write the reference answer with detailed reasoning, drawing on real hardware experience and rigorous technical writing.

Qualifications

• Engineering-focused domain with hands-on propulsion or initiation system experience.
• Ability to write to non-specialists with clear reasoning.
• Experience evaluating model outputs against defined policies.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use and adversarial categories.
• Evaluate model responses against a policy standard.
• Draft reference answers with detailed technical justification.

Skills

Propulsion design

Red-teaming

Technical writing

Misuse analysis

Test data interpretation

Job description

Mercor is assembling an expert panel to red-team frontier AI models, focusing on misuse potential and safe responses. You will craft challenging prompts in benign, dual-use, and adversarial categories.

You will also evaluate model outputs against a policy standard and write the reference answer with detailed reasoning, drawing on real hardware experience and rigorous technical writing.