Propulsion Systems Engineer — AI Safety Red Team

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; 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. The role involves writing challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels, and evaluating responses against a defined policy standard.

You will also craft the reference answer—what a correct response looks like—and the technical reasoning behind it, ensuring the rationale is accessible to non-specialists. Strong technical writing is essential.

Qualifications

• This is writing-intensive work requiring clear, traceable technical justification.
• Prior technical writing or expert witness experience is a strong signal; include samples or links.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in benign, dual-use, and adversarial categories.
• Evaluate model responses against a policy standard and judge handling accuracy.
• Write the reference answer with the technical reasoning for why a response is correct.

Job description

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

You will also craft the reference answer—what a correct response looks like—and the technical reasoning behind it, ensuring the rationale is accessible to non-specialists. Strong technical writing is essential.