Route Design Chemist: Process Scale-Up Expert

Obsidian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones.

You will write prompts that sit exactly on that line, then judging whether the model held it. The role focuses on rigorous, written reasoning and clear documentation for each judgment and conclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in synthetic route design and development in pharma or fine chemicals.
• Process chemistry and reaction engineering experience including optimisation and impurity control.
• Scale-up from bench to pilot to plant with safety reviews.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels.
• Evaluate model responses against a policy standard and document judgments.
• Write reference answers with clear rationale for non-specialists.

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of chemistry and chemical safety experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones.

You will write prompts that sit exactly on that line, then judging whether the model held it. The role focuses on rigorous, written reasoning and clear documentation for each judgment and conclusion.