Forensic – Toxicological Chemist

Mercor

. Write challenging single-turn prompts in the chemistry and chemical safety domain .

Posted 9/30/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65 - $75 per dayWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in forensic and toxicological chemistry, with a strong focus on chemical safety and controlled substance casework. Proficient in technical writing and providing clear rationales for complex chemical analyses to non-specialists.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Forensic Chemistry ExperienceToxicological Chemistry CaseworkExpert Testimony and Report WritingTechnical Writing SkillsSubstance Identification and Quantitation

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Hard Skills

Forensic ChemistryToxicological ChemistrySubstance IdentificationQuantitationClandestine Laboratory ResponseScene ChemistrySeized-Drug Trend MonitoringIntelligence AnalysisTechnical WritingExpert Witness Experience

Soft Skills

Strong Writing SkillsAbility to Provide Understandable Rationales

Industry Keywords

Controlled Substance CaseworkPostmortem CaseworkHuman Performance CaseworkMisuse Request DistinctionChemical Safety

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Write challenging single-turn prompts in the chemistry and chemical safety domain
Label prompts as benign, dual-use, or adversarial
Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard
Judge whether model responses handled technical requests correctly
Write reference answers describing correct responses and the technical reasoning behind them
Test whether frontier AI models can distinguish legitimate technical questions from dangerous misuse requests
Provide written rationales for every judgment that non-specialists can follow

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience doing forensic or toxicological chemistry casework
Experience identifying substances and precursors
Experience defending conclusions in a report or on the stand
Relevant background in controlled substance casework, including identification and quantitation
Relevant background in clandestine laboratory response, precursor identification, and scene chemistry
Relevant background in forensic toxicology, including postmortem or human performance casework
Relevant background in seized-drug and precursor trend monitoring or intelligence analysis
Expert testimony and report writing on chemical casework experience
Ability to distinguish routine professional questions from requests involving misuse
Strong writing skills and ability to provide rationales understandable to non-specialists
Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is strongly preferred
Include a technical writing sample or link
Must not use classified, export-controlled, NDA-covered, or prepublication-review information
Ability to disclose existing confidentiality obligations so work can be scoped accordingly

Benefits

Comp & perks

Earn up to $250 for each successful referral through the referral link
Reasonable accommodations upon request
Ability to pause or step away from the work at any point without penalty