Propulsion Safety & AI Red-Team Engineer

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; 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 that sit on the line between legitimate inquiry and misuse, and judge model outputs against a clear policy standard.

The role emphasizes rigorous written reasoning, with samples or links of prior technical writing or expert testimony encouraged. You’ll work with real hardware context and test data, and you can pause or step away as needed.

Qualifications

• This is writing-intensive work requiring clear written rationale accessible to non-specialists.
• Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal; include a sample or link.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled benign, dual-use, and adversarial.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard and judge whether each was handled correctly.
• Write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the technical reasoning for why.

Skills

Red-teaming experience

Technical writing

Propulsion domain knowledge

Safety and risk assessment

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write prompts that sit on the line between legitimate inquiry and misuse, and judge model outputs against a clear policy standard.

The role emphasizes rigorous written reasoning, with samples or links of prior technical writing or expert testimony encouraged. You’ll work with real hardware context and test data, and you can pause or step away as needed.