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Mercor

Propulsion & Effects Engineer

Mercor

. Write challenging single-turn prompts in the propulsion and effects domain .

Posted 10/17/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65 - $75 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in propulsion system design, testing, and evaluation, with a strong emphasis on technical writing and the ability to assess misuse potential in AI models. Capable of providing clear rationales for technical judgments and engaging in advanced discussions on munitions and effects engineering.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Propulsion System DesignTechnical WritingEffects EngineeringTest Range EngineeringMunitions Design

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Hard Skills
Propulsion System TestingTerminal Effects ModellingFuzing EngineeringInitiation System EngineeringTest Data Analysis
Soft Skills
Judgment DistinctionWritten Rationale Communication
Industry Keywords
MunitionsWarhead DesignBlast ModellingFragmentation ModellingPenetration Modelling

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Write challenging single-turn prompts in the propulsion and effects domain
  • Label prompts as benign, dual-use, or adversarial
  • Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard
  • Judge whether responses handled technical requests correctly
  • Write reference answers and explain the technical reasoning behind them
  • Red-team frontier AI models on misuse-potential judgments
  • Sustain reading and writing about misuse scenarios in the field

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Background designing, qualifying, or testing propulsion and initiation systems, with real hardware and real test data
  • Relevant experience in munitions or warhead design and effects engineering
  • Relevant experience in solid, liquid, or hybrid propulsion system design, test, and qualification
  • Relevant experience in terminal effects modelling, including blast, fragmentation, or penetration
  • Relevant experience in fuzing, safe-and-arm, and initiation system engineering
  • Relevant experience in test range engineering and instrumentation for propulsion or ordnance
  • Ability to distinguish routine professional questions from potentially harmful 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 strongly valued
  • Must provide a writing sample or link
  • Must not use classified, export-controlled, NDA-covered, or prepublication-review information in the work
  • Qualified applicants considered without regard to legally protected characteristics

Benefits

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