Chemical Defense Researcher
Posted 1 day ago
You'll complete your application on Mercor's career site.
About the Role
We are assembling an elite group of chemistry and chemical safety experts to conduct red-teaming exercises on advanced AI systems. Your main goal is to test the model's ability to differentiate between safe, technical requests and potentially dangerous inquiries. You will ensure the AI appropriately provides professional guidance for benign questions while withholding responses to requests that could lead to harm. Given the sensitive nature of chemical safety data, we need practitioners who can navigate the fine line between helpful scientific communication and preventing the misuse of hazardous information. You will perform in-depth work regarding toxicology, threat mitigation, and decontamination, while creating complex prompts and assessing model performance against strict safety protocols. Furthermore, you will be expected to formulate precise, technical explanations for the AI's outputs that are clear enough for those outside the field to understand.
Requirements
- You should possess extensive professional experience in chemical defense research, preferably gained within government, military, or associated research environments.
- Demonstrated expertise is required in areas such as chemical warfare toxicology, medical countermeasures, detection technologies, or verification and analysis related to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
- You must be highly skilled in technical writing to clearly communicate your reasoning to a general audience.
- Experience with red-teaming, scientific publishing, or serving as an expert witness is considered a significant advantage.
- You must be able to perform your duties without utilizing any classified or export-controlled materials.
Responsibilities
- Create and write individual prompts ranging from benign to adversarial to push the boundaries of AI safety testing.
- Assess how the models perform against defined policy criteria to see if they respect safety limits.
- Develop comprehensive reference responses that detail the correct way to handle specific inquiries and provide the scientific justification for your evaluations.
- Conduct ongoing assessments of potential misuse risks relevant to your field to guarantee that safety measures are effectively implemented for difficult chemical defense questions.
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