Explosives Forensics & AI Safety Red-Teamer

Obsidian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write prompts, evaluate model outputs, and author reference responses with clear technical reasoning for safety judgments.

The role emphasizes rigorous written analysis and the ability to explain judgments to non-specialists, with opportunity to work on challenging misuse scenarios in a regulated domain.

Qualifications

• Written rationale for every judgment, understandable to non-specialists.
• Experience writing prompts that sit on the line between benign and dangerous use.
• Background in scenes and casework identifying materials and licensees.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in benign, dual-use, and adversarial categories.
• Evaluate model responses against defined policy standards.
• Create reference answers with technical reasoning explaining correct responses.

Skills

Technical writing

Red-teaming

Forensic analysis

Education

Federally certified explosives specialist or national equivalent

Tools

Regulatory inspection experience

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write prompts, evaluate model outputs, and author reference responses with clear technical reasoning for safety judgments.

The role emphasizes rigorous written analysis and the ability to explain judgments to non-specialists, with opportunity to work on challenging misuse scenarios in a regulated domain.