Nuclear Forensics Red Team Specialist

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of nuclear materials and safeguards experts to red-team frontier AI models. The role focuses on writing prompts and evaluating model responses, with an emphasis on correctly judging misuse potential while providing rigorous rationale.

You will craft prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial categories and draft reference answers with detailed reasoning. The work demands clear technical writing and the ability to explain judgments to non-specialists.

Qualifications

• Nuclear forensics casework or international exercise participation — sample characterisation and attribution
• Radiochemical and mass-spectrometric analysis — isotopics, age dating, impurity and process signatures
• Detection and interdiction technology — portal monitors, handheld identification, search operations
• Material signature libraries, reference materials and attribution methodology
• Pre- or post-detonation forensics research at a national laboratory or agency

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial categories.
• Evaluate model responses against a policy standard and judge handling quality.
• Write the reference answer with technical justification for correct handling.

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of nuclear materials and safeguards experts to red-team frontier AI models. The role focuses on writing prompts and evaluating model responses, with an emphasis on correctly judging misuse potential while providing rigorous rationale.

You will craft prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial categories and draft reference answers with detailed reasoning. The work demands clear technical writing and the ability to explain judgments to non-specialists.