Combat Arms & Targeting SME

Micro1; India; Remote; INR 1,674,000 - 2,344,000; Full time

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Combat Arms & Targeting SME to support a defense-focused AI benchmarking project. The contractor will apply domain expertise to train AI models and provide high-quality input for model learning, reasoning, and performance assessment.

You'll map scenarios, identify boundary cases, evaluate AI-generated responses, and document edge cases to guide training. Prior experience in fires/targeting is preferred; remote work is available for this role.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in fires, targeting, or weapons employment decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Map authentic military-activity scenarios to an approved taxonomy, delineating concepts, policy readiness, evidence curation, and boundaries.
• Identify boundary cases that challenge reviewers and capture nuanced judgments.
• Evaluate and grade AI-generated responses for source handling, uncertainty, reasoning quality, and stated limitations.
• Flag instances where models refuse to engage with valid questions and support guideline refinement.
• Document edge cases and disagreements with a transparent answer key for training.
• Support refinement of project guidelines from targeting and fires expertise.

Skills

Fires experience

JTAC experience

Operational decision making

Job description

Job Description Role Title: Combat Arms & Targeting SME Role Type: Contractor Location: Remote micro1 is engaging Combat Arms & Targeting subject-matter experts to support a cutting-edge project for a defense-focused customer. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.

Scope of Work

• Map authentic military-activity scenarios to an approved taxonomy, clearly delineating between conceptual explanation, lawful policy/readiness support, evidence curation, and the controlled boundary with operational decision support, destructive execution, autonomous weapons, and unlawful planning.
• Identify and propose nuanced or non-obvious boundary cases that might be misclassified by less-experienced reviewers, ensuring nuanced judgment is captured.
• Evaluate and grade AI-generated responses for source handling, proper expression of uncertainty (such as conflicting pattern-of-life intelligence), reasoning quality, stated limitations, and operational utility.
• Flag instances where AI models incorrectly refuse to engage with valid conceptual or policy questions, supporting the ongoing refinement of model parameters.
• Document edge cases, gray areas, and points of disagreement, maintaining a defensible and transparent answer key for model training and review processes.
• Support continuous refinement of project guidelines by sharing insights from operational, targeting, and fires expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in joint or service-specific fires, targeting, or weapons employment decision-making (e.g., combat pilot, battle manager, JTAC, field or air-defense artillery officer, naval strike officer, carrier air-wing targeteer, or Aegis-qualified TAO/IAMD WTI).
• Advanced tactical training, such as TOPGUN, USAF Weapons School, Joint Firepower Course, or non-US allied equivalents.
• Demonstrated teaching, leadership, or evaluative experience (e.g., WTI, instructor, mission commander, or debrief facilitator).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to articulate operational judgment clearly and succinctly.
• Strong capability to assess targeting and fires utility, discriminate boundaries, and provide clear justifications.
• Law-of-armed-conflict or rules-of-engagement fluency from an operational perspective (not a legal role), considered a plus.
• Experience with AI model evaluation, wargaming, or red-teaming is valued but not required.

Learn More About Our Government & Defense Work

At micro1, we work with government and defense experts to evaluate how advanced AI models perform on real-world tasks.

Our Mission

Report benchmark assesses AI-generated military and government reports, highlighting the importance of expert judgment, accuracy, and operational understanding.

Learn more: https://www.micro1.ai/benchmark/mission-report