Combat Arms And Targeting AI Evaluation SME

OpenTrain AI, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

OpenTrain AI, Inc. is seeking a Combat Arms and Targeting AI Evaluation SME to review military scenarios and model-generated responses from an expert fires and targeting perspective.

The role emphasizes clear judgments on what is valid conceptually, what crosses into prohibited actions, and how well evidence, uncertainty, and limits are handled. Applicants should have hands-on experience in fires, targeting, or weapons employment, with strong English communication and a track record in teaching,

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in joint or service-specific fires, targeting, or weapons-employment decision-making.
• Professional fluency in English is required.
• Teaching, leadership, evaluation, mission command, or tactical debrief experience is required.
• Advanced training such as TOPGUN, USAF Weapons School, Joint Firepower Course, or allied equivalent is valuable.
• Relevant backgrounds include combat pilot, battle manager, JTAC, field or air-defense artillery officer, naval strike officer, carrier air-wing targeteer, or Aegis-qualified TAO or IAMD WTI.
• Working knowledge of law-of-armed-conflict or ROE concepts is helpful.
• AI model evaluation, wargaming, or red-teaming experience is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Map authentic military activity scenarios to an approved classification system.
• Identify boundaries involving operational decision support, destructive execution, autonomous weapons, and unlawful planning.
• Propose difficult edge cases that less-experienced reviewers may misclassify.
• Evaluate AI responses for source handling, uncertainty, reasoning quality, stated limits, and operational utility.
• Identify cases where an AI system incorrectly refuses valid conceptual or policy questions.
• Document gray areas and disagreements in answer keys used for model training and review.

Skills

Fires targeting experience

Teaching experience

Leadership experience

Evaluation experience

Mission command

Tactical debrief

AI model evaluation

Operational decision-making

Job description

Combat Arms And Targeting AI Evaluation SME

Review military scenarios and AI-generated responses using hands-on fires and targeting expertise. This part-time contract role pays $60 to $110 per hour and is open to candidates in several countries.

Remote Hourly · $60–$110/hr

$60–$110/hr

Compensation

Contract, part-time

Engagement

Remote

Location

Oct 23, 2026

Posted

Open in 52 countries

India + more

• Algeria
• Argentina
• Austria
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Denmark
• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• India
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Netherlands
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Peru
• Philippines
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam

The Work

You will help train AI systems by reviewing military scenarios and model-generated responses. Your work will focus on clear judgments about what is valid conceptual or policy support, what crosses into inappropriate operational or destructive assistance, and how well a response handles evidence, uncertainty, limits, and practical usefulness.

You will also document difficult cases and disagreements, create transparent answer keys for training and review, and help improve project guidelines. The role draws on experience with operational fires, targeting, weapons employment, and military decision-making.

• Map authentic military activity scenarios to an approved classification system.
• Identify boundaries involving operational decision support, destructive execution, autonomous weapons, and unlawful planning.
• Propose difficult edge cases that less-experienced reviewers may misclassify.
• Evaluate AI responses for source handling, uncertainty, reasoning quality, stated limits, and operational utility.
• Identify cases where an AI system incorrectly refuses valid conceptual or policy questions.
• Document gray areas and disagreements in answer keys used for model training and review.

What It Pays And Takes

This is a part-time contractor role for someone with extensive hands-on experience in joint or service-specific fires, targeting, or weapons-employment decision-making.

• Pay: $60 to $110 per hour.
• Professional fluency in English is required.
• Open to candidates in the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Oman, Peru, the Philippines, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Tunisia, Taiwan, the United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and South Africa.
• Assess targeting and fires utility and explain judgments clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Teaching, leadership, evaluation, mission command, or tactical debrief experience is required.
• Advanced training such as TOPGUN, USAF Weapons School, Joint Firepower Course, or an allied equivalent is valuable.
• Relevant backgrounds include combat pilot, battle manager, JTAC, field or air-defense artillery officer, naval strike officer, carrier air-wing targeteer, or Aegis-qualified TAO or IAMD WTI.
• Working knowledge of law-of-armed-conflict or rules-of-engagement concepts is helpful.
• AI model evaluation, wargaming, or red-teaming experience is beneficial but not required.

How It Works

Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.

About AI Training Work

AI training work uses human review to help artificial intelligence learn from examples and produce better results. Experienced specialists are paid for applying professional judgment to difficult cases that require knowledge, careful reasoning, and clear explanations.

Requirements

• Experience: Entry level

How to apply

• Apply here on OpenTrain. You create a free account, and we send you to the hiring platform.
• Complete your application on the hiring platform.

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