Blasting Specialist: AI Safety Red-Teaming & Prompt Design

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mercorMillbrae (CA)

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

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About the role

Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion experts to red-team frontier AI models. You will craft challenging prompts across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels, then evaluate model responses against a policy standard and write the reference answer with the accompanying technical reasoning. This role demands precise, written justification accessible to non-specialists. The ideal candidate has a background in licensed practices handling specialty materials, strong

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