Remote Combat Arms & Targeting SME - AI Training Advisor

Zekai; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote contract role

Job summary

Zekai is seeking a Combat Arms & Targeting SME for a 100% remote contract role. You will leverage your fires and targeting expertise to assess AI-driven outputs and guide model training with real-world, operational judgment.

Preferred candidates have advanced tactical training, teaching or leadership experience, and strong communication. The role offers global eligibility and ongoing contribution to defense-focused AI projects.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in joint or service-specific fires and targeting.
• Advanced tactical training from programs like TOPGUN or USAF Weapons School.
• Proven teaching, leadership, or evaluation experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to assess targeting and fires utility with clear justifications.
• Fluency in law-of-armed-conflict or ROE from an operational perspective.
• Experience with AI model evaluation or wargaming is valued.

Responsibilities

• Map authentic military scenarios to an approved taxonomy with clear boundaries between concepts, policy/readiness, evidence curation, and operational decision support boundaries.
• Identify nuanced boundary cases that may be misclassified by less-experienced reviewers to capture nuanced judgment.
• Evaluate and grade AI-generated responses for source handling, uncertainty expression, reasoning quality, and stated limitations.
• Flag instances where AI models refuse valid questions, supporting refinement of model parameters.
• Document edge cases and disagreements, maintaining a defensible answer key for training.
• Support refinement of project guidelines with insights from targeting, fires, and operational experience.

Skills

Fires expertise

Targeting decision-making

Operational judgment

Wargaming / red-teaming

AI model evaluation

Teaching / training

Clear communication

Job description

Zekai is seeking a Combat Arms & Targeting SME for a 100% remote contract role. You will leverage your fires and targeting expertise to assess AI-driven outputs and guide model training with real-world, operational judgment.

Preferred candidates have advanced tactical training, teaching or leadership experience, and strong communication. The role offers global eligibility and ongoing contribution to defense-focused AI projects.