Specialty Materials Chemist – Pyrotechnics, Propulsion

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Craft intricate single-turn prompts within the specialized fields of energetic materials and propulsion.

• Categorize prompts as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.

• Assess model responses based on a defined policy standard.

• Evaluate whether responses were managed appropriately.

• Create reference answers that elucidate what constitutes a correct response and the technical rationale behind it.

• Conduct red-team exercises on frontier AI models to assess misuse potential.

• Continuously engage in reading and writing about misuse scenarios within the industry.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in specialty materials chemistry related to pyrotechnics, propellants, or specialty energetic materials.

• Experience in formulating, synthesizing, and testing specialty energetic materials within a licensed or government facility.

• Capability to differentiate between routine professional inquiries and potentially harmful requests.

• Familiarity with the formulation of pyrotechnics, propellants, or specialty energetic materials.

• Experience in synthesizing and characterizing energetic compounds in a licensed or government setting.

• Knowledge of performance and sensitivity testing, including calorimetry, thermal stability, and small-scale safety evaluations.

• Experience in scale-up and process safety concerning the production of energetic materials.

• Background in developing solid or liquid rocket propellants, including binders, oxidizers, and burn-rate modifiers.

• Strong technical writing skills; every assessment must be accompanied by a rationale that is comprehensible to non-specialists.

• Prior experience in technical writing, published research, or serving as an expert witness is highly preferred.

• Must refrain from using classified, export-controlled, NDA-protected, or prepublication-review information in the work.

• Must disclose any such obligations so that the work can be appropriately scoped.

🏝️ Benefits

• Earn up to $250 for every successful referral.

• Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

• Opportunity to pause or step away from misuse-scenario work at any time without facing penalties.