Radiological Safety Red-Teaming Expert

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

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models, testing whether a model can correctly judge misuse potential while answering legitimate questions fully and refusing dangerous ones.

You will write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels; evaluate model responses against a policy standard; and draft the reference answer with a clear, traceable rationale for non-specialists.

Qualifications

• Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience.
• Experience in radiological safety or related emergency planning.
• Ability to present complex concepts clearly to non-specialists.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging single-turn prompts labeled across benign, dual-use, and adversarial.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.
• Draft the reference answer with technical reasoning for non-specialists.

Skills

Technical writing

Radiological safety

Red-teaming experience

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of radiological safety experts to red-team frontier AI models, testing whether a model can correctly judge misuse potential while answering legitimate questions fully and refusing dangerous ones.

You will write prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels; evaluate model responses against a policy standard; and draft the reference answer with a clear, traceable rationale for non-specialists.