Propulsion & Effects Engineer
Neon
$65 – $75 · as listed
Neon is seeking an advanced writing specialist with STEM expertise to support AI safety testing through propulsion and effects domain knowledge. As a remote gig contributor, you'll develop challenging technical prompts designed to evaluate how AI models handle requests in energetic materials and propulsion—distinguishing between legitimate scientific inquiries and potentially dangerous misuse scenarios. This AI training work involves writing single-turn prompts across varying difficulty levels, helping red-team frontier models to strengthen their safety guardrails.
This role suits experienced professionals who understand propulsion systems and can articulate nuanced technical questions that test an AI's judgment. The work is task-based and flexible, compensated at $65–$75 per hour as listed. You'll contribute directly to AI safety research by helping ensure advanced models respond responsibly to domain-specific requests.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · task-based. ## About the work 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, labelled across three leve
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