First seen by our source: 22 days ago
Radiological Safety Expert - Red Team
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract Emergency Response Specialist to write and evaluate radiological safety prompts and reference answers for AI model evaluation. The work involves testing AI responses against policy standards and assessing misuse potential in technical requests. Pay is $65–$75 per task.
Responsibilities:
- Write single-turn radiological safety prompts labelled benign, dual-use or adversarial
- Evaluate AI model responses against defined policy standards
- Write reference answers with technical reasoning
- Collaborate with radiological safety experts on misuse potential
- Work independently on AI model evaluation
Requirements summary:
- Experience in radiological emergency planning or response
- Background in consequence and dispersal modeling
- Strong technical writing skills, with prior experience or published research
- Ability to distinguish routine professional questions from harmful ones
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- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Department | Research & science |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| 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
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- 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: Emergency Response Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $65–$75 per task
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Write challenging single-turn prompts in radiological safety, labeled as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
- Evaluate AI model responses against defined policy standards to ensure correct handling.
- Write reference answers with technical reasoning to guide correct responses.
- Collaborate with radiological safety experts to assess misuse potential in technical requests.
- Work independently to maintain high standards in AI model evaluation and improvement.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Experience in radiological emergency planning or response.
- Background in consequence and dispersal modeling.
- Strong technical writing skills with prior experience or published research.
- Ability to distinguish routine professional questions from potentially harmful ones.
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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