Materials Engineer - AI Trainer

AfterQuery Experts; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 165,000 - 248,000; Part time

Job summary

AfterQuery Experts is hiring materials science experts as contractors to help make AI models safer in their domain. You will author prompts and scenarios to probe boundaries, review prompts from peers, and write the domain analysis explaining judgments.

This fully remote role expects a Master’s or higher in materials science with Five Eyes country eligibility and location in one of those countries. Compensation is task-based with flexible scheduling.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in materials science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience in materials science research or related lab environments is a plus.
• Ability to author prompts, review prompts, and provide domain analysis.

Responsibilities

• Author prompts and scenarios that probe the boundary between safe and unsafe requests in your field.
• Review and classify prompts written by other experts as safe or unsafe.
• Write the domain analysis behind each judgment: why a prompt is acceptable, or where it crosses a line and why.
• Revise your work based on structured reviewer feedback.

Job description

AfterQuery builds the expert evaluation data that frontier AI labs use to measure and improve their models. We are hiring materials science experts as contractors to help make AI models safer in their domain.

What You Will Actually Do

• Author prompts and scenarios that probe the boundary between safe and unsafe requests in your field
• Review and classify prompts written by other experts as safe or unsafe
• Write the domain analysis behind each judgment: why a prompt is acceptable, or where it crosses a line and why
• Revise your work based on structured reviewer feedback

Who This Is For

• Master's degree or higher in materials science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or a closely related discipline
• Citizen of a Five Eyes country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand
• Physically located in one of those five countries while doing the work
• A PhD, or experience in metallurgy, advanced or energetic materials, nuclear materials, or national laboratory research is a plus, not a requirement

Contract and pay

• $150/hr equivalent, paid at $85 per approved task
• Fully remote and asynchronous, on your own schedule
• Contract engagement, no sponsorship available