
Propulsion & Effects Engineer
Posted 3 hours ago

Posted 3 hours ago
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.
• Create complex single-turn prompts within the propulsion and effects domain.
• Categorize prompts as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
• Assess model responses against established policy standards.
• Evaluate whether responses accurately addressed technical inquiries.
• Develop reference answers and clarify the technical reasoning behind them.
• Conduct red-team assessments on frontier AI models regarding misuse potential judgments.
• Maintain engagement in reading and writing about misuse scenarios in the field.
• Experience in designing, qualifying, or testing propulsion and initiation systems, utilizing actual hardware and test data.
• Relevant background in munitions or warhead design and effects engineering.
• Proven expertise in the design, testing, and qualification of solid, liquid, or hybrid propulsion systems.
• Experience in terminal effects modeling, encompassing blast, fragmentation, or penetration.
• Familiarity with fuzing, safe-and-arm, and initiation system engineering.
• Relevant experience in test range engineering and instrumentation related to propulsion or ordnance.
• Capability to differentiate between routine professional inquiries and potentially harmful requests.
• Strong proficiency in technical writing; every judgment necessitates a written rationale that is comprehensible to non-specialists.
• Prior experience in technical writing, published research, or serving as an expert witness is highly regarded.
• Submission of a writing sample or link is required.
• Must refrain from utilizing classified, export-controlled, NDA-covered, or prepublication-review information in the work.
• Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
• Up to $250 for each successful referral made through the unique referral link.
• Reasonable accommodations available upon request.
• Opportunity to pause or withdraw from misuse-scenario work at any time without facing penalties.
Mercor
Mercor
Andromeda Systems
SANDECH
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