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Mercor

Hazardous Device Specialist / Public Safety Professional

Mercor

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

Posted 10/11/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65 - $75 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in hazardous device assessment and public safety, with strong technical writing skills to communicate complex concepts clearly. Capable of evaluating AI model responses and providing rationales that are accessible to non-specialists.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Certified Bomb TechnicianHazardous Device OperatorTechnical Writing ExperienceMilitary EOD ExperienceCBRNE Technical Response Professional

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Hard Skills
Hazardous Device AssessmentPrompt WritingModel EvaluationTechnical ReasoningPost-Incident Analysis
Soft Skills
Strong Writing SkillsAnalytical Thinking
Certifications & Qualifications
Certified Bomb TechnicianMilitary EOD Certification
Industry Keywords
Public SafetyCBRNEExplosive Ordnance DisposalPost-Blast InvestigationDual-Use Technology

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Write challenging single-turn prompts in the hazardous devices/public safety domain
  • Label prompts as benign, dual-use, or adversarial
  • Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard
  • Judge whether responses were handled correctly
  • Write reference answers and explain the technical reasoning behind them
  • Red-team frontier AI models for misuse-potential assessment

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Background as a certified bomb technician or hazardous device operator, military EOD with civilian public-safety, training, or instruction experience, bomb squad commander or training officer, post-blast investigator/device reconstruction specialist, or CBRNE technical response professional
  • Experience assessing real hazardous devices, particularly on the render-safe and post-incident side
  • Ability to distinguish routine professional questions from potentially malicious requests
  • Strong writing skills and ability to provide written rationales 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
  • Must disclose any such obligations so the work can be scoped accordingly

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Up to $250 per successful referral
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request
  • Ability to pause or step away from misuse-scenario work at any point without penalty