Radiation Safety Red-Teaming Specialist

Mercor; New York (NY); Remote; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels and evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.

You will also craft reference answers with detailed technical reasoning to illustrate correct handling of sensitive questions. This role requires expert-level knowledge in radioactive material handling, source custody, licensing, and related safety disciplines.

Qualifications

• This is writing-intensive work. Every judgment you make needs a written rationale that a non-specialist can follow.
• Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal; please include a sample or link.
• You will also be reading and writing about misuse scenarios in your field for sustained periods.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, labelled across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against a policy standard and judge correctness.
• Write the reference answer and the technical reasoning for why.

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels and evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.

You will also craft reference answers with detailed technical reasoning to illustrate correct handling of sensitive questions. This role requires expert-level knowledge in radioactive material handling, source custody, licensing, and related safety disciplines.