Senior Blasting Engineer & AI Safety Red-Teaming Expert

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion 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 challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, evaluate the responses that come back against a defined policy standard, and write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the

Qualifications

• Licensed blasting professional with regulatory experience.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Experience assessing safety and compliance in handling hazardous materials.

Responsibilities

• Write challenging prompts across benign, dual-use and adversarial categories.
• Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard.
• Draft reference answers with technical rationale and citations.

Skills

Licensed blaster

Blast design

Regulatory compliance

Technical writing

Education

Licensed blasting engineer / certification

Job description

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion 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 challenging single-turn prompts in your domain, evaluate the responses that come back against a defined policy standard, and write the reference answer — what a correct response looks like, and the