Blasting & AI Safety Red-Teaming Engineer

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor in San Francisco, CA is seeking a detail-focused professional to craft and judge prompts at the edge of safety for energetic materials and propulsion topics. You will write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels and assess model outputs against a clear policy standard.

The role emphasizes precise written rationale, high-quality technical writing, and sustained work on misuses scenarios in a sensitive domain. NDA considerations and regulatory context apply.

Qualifications

• Must have written rationale for judgments that non-specialists can follow.
• Experience reading/writing misuse scenarios in a technical field.
• Background in blasting, storage, and transport of specialty materials is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial classifications.
• Evaluate model responses against defined policy standards and judge handling quality.
• Create reference answers and technical reasoning for correct responses.

Skills

Red-teaming

Technical writing

Energetic materials knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Auditing experience

Education

Licensed blaster or blasting engineer

Engineering degree

Job description

Mercor in San Francisco, CA is seeking a detail-focused professional to craft and judge prompts at the edge of safety for energetic materials and propulsion topics. You will write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels and assess model outputs against a clear policy standard.

The role emphasizes precise written rationale, high-quality technical writing, and sustained work on misuses scenarios in a sensitive domain. NDA considerations and regulatory context apply.