Forensic Scientist — Nuclear Materials
Neon
$65 – $75 · as listed
As a Forensic Scientist specializing in nuclear materials, you'll contribute to AI safety evaluation by writing specialized prompts for an advanced red-teaming project. Your role involves crafting single-turn technical questions that test how frontier AI models distinguish between legitimate research inquiries and requests with genuine misuse potential—helping ensure these systems respond appropriately across varying complexity levels. This is remote, advanced-level work suited to professionals with deep expertise in nuclear materials, safeguards, or related STEM fields who can articulate nuanced technical scenarios. The position is task-based with listed compensation of $65–$75 per hour.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · task-based. ## About the work Mercor is assembling a panel of nuclear materials and safeguards 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 levels
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