Chemistry Safety Red Team Expert for AI Risk Testing

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry domain experts to red-team frontier AI models. The role involves writing challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels, and evaluating model responses against a defined policy standard.

The position emphasizes written rationale and documentation, with a preference for those who have prior AI evaluation experience or strong technical writing credentials.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in synthesis, analytical chemistry, or chemical safety.
• Prior AI evaluation or red-teaming experience preferred.
• Backgrounds include chemical defense researchers, synthetic/process chemists, analytical chemists.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate the responses against a policy standard and judge whether each was handled correctly.
• Write the reference answer and the technical reasoning for why, with clear documentation.

Skills

Synthesis

Analytical chemistry

Chemical safety

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry domain experts to red-team frontier AI models. The role involves writing challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels, and evaluating model responses against a defined policy standard.

The position emphasizes written rationale and documentation, with a preference for those who have prior AI evaluation experience or strong technical writing credentials.