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Mercor

Hazardous Device Specialist – Public Safety Professional

Mercor

. Write challenging single-turn prompts in the hazardous devices and public safety domain .

Posted 10/24/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65 - $75 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in hazardous device operations and public safety, with strong technical writing skills to evaluate and articulate complex model responses. Experienced in red-teaming AI models and conducting thorough assessments of misuse potential in the field.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Certified Bomb TechnicianMilitary EOD ExperienceTechnical Writing AbilityCBRNE Technical ResponseRed-Teaming Experience

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Hard Skills
Technical WritingPost-Blast InvestigationDevice ReconstructionStandoff AssessmentRoboticsDisruption ToolsModel EvaluationPrompt LabelingReference Answer WritingMisuse Scenario Analysis
Soft Skills
JudgmentAnalytical Thinking
Certifications & Qualifications
Certified Bomb Technician
Industry Keywords
Hazardous DevicesPublic SafetyEODCBRNERed-TeamingAdversarial AssessmentDual-Use EvaluationTechnical RequestsMisuse PotentialTraining Officer

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Write challenging single-turn prompts in the hazardous devices and public 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 explaining correct responses and the technical reasoning behind them
  • Red-team frontier AI models for misuse-potential assessment
  • Sustain reading and writing about misuse scenarios in the field

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Certified bomb technician or hazardous device operator experience
  • Military EOD experience with civilian public-safety, training, or instruction experience
  • Bomb squad commander or training officer experience
  • Post-blast investigation and device reconstruction experience
  • CBRNE technical response experience, including standoff assessment, robotics, and disruption tools
  • Ability to distinguish routine professional questions from potentially malicious requests
  • Strong technical writing ability; every judgment requires a written rationale understandable to non-specialists
  • Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal
  • Must not use classified or export-controlled information, NDA-covered information, or information subject to prepublication review obligations
  • Relevant red-teaming experience is ideally preferred
  • Must include a writing sample or link if available

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Up to $250 for each successful referral
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request
  • Ability to pause or step away from sensitive misuse content at any point without penalty