First seen by our source: 19 days ago
Explosives Specialist - Incident Analyst
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst at $65–$75 per hour. The role writes and evaluates prompts and reference answers on energetic materials, propulsion and dual-use scenarios to train AI models. Candidates must hold federal explosives certification and forensic, incident or inspection experience.
Pay:
$65–$75 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Write challenging single-turn prompts on energetic materials and propulsion
- Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard
- Write reference answers with technical reasoning
- Analyze dual-use scenarios involving residue analysis and diversion indicators
- Ensure models refuse dangerous questions and answer legitimate ones accurately
Requirements summary:
- Federally certified explosives specialist or national equivalent
- Forensic laboratory identification of energetic materials
- Post-incident analysis and reporting experience
- Regulatory inspection experience of licensees and permittees
- Strong technical writing or published research
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- 2026-10-18
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Sales |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
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- Mercor
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- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
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About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst
Type: Contract
Compensation: $65–$75/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Write challenging single-turn prompts in the domain of energetic materials and propulsion. Label them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
- Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard. Judge whether each response was handled correctly.
- Write reference answers, providing correct responses and technical reasoning.
- Analyze dual-use scenarios where residue analysis and diversion indicators are critical.
- Ensure models refuse dangerous questions while answering legitimate ones accurately.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Federally certified explosives specialist or national equivalent.
- Experience in forensic laboratory identification of energetic materials.
- Expertise in post-incident analysis and reporting for an agency or laboratory.
- Regulatory inspection experience of licensees and permittees.
- Strong technical writing or published research experience.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
- Paid weekly via Stripe Connect
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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