Commercial Blasting Engineer - Expert
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Remote
Compensation: $65–$75 per task
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Job details
- Pay
- Compensation: $65–$75 per task
- Workplace
- Remote
- Posting language
- English
Original job description
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Commercial Blasting Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $65–$75 per task
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Write challenging single-turn prompts in energetic materials and propulsion. Label them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
- Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard. Judge the correctness of each response.
- Write reference answers, explaining correct responses and technical reasoning.
- Distinguish between routine professional questions and those fishing for misuse. Ensure model responses align with this distinction.
- Work independently and asynchronously. Maintain flexible hours while improving model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Licensed practitioner in handling, storing, and moving specialty materials.
- Experience in blast design, vibration control, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong technical writing skills with prior experience or published research.
- Ability to write clear rationales for non-specialists.
Preferred
- Red-teaming experience in mining, quarrying, construction, or demolition.
- Background in magazine management and inventory reconciliation.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
- Work must not involve classified or export-controlled information.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Commercial Blasting Engineer at Mercor will write challenging prompts, judge AI responses against a policy standard, and write reference answers explaining the correct technical reasoning. The role also separates routine professional questions from potential misuse.
Requirements
Mercor needs a licensed practitioner in handling, storing and moving specialty materials, with blast design, vibration control and compliance experience. Candidates need strong technical writing skills and the ability to explain their reasoning clearly to non-specialists.
Skills
- Blast design
- Vibration control
- Explosives handling
- Energetic materials
- Propulsion systems
- Regulatory compliance
- Magazine management
- Inventory reconciliation
- Technical writing
- Red teaming
- Policy evaluation
- Dual-use risk assessment
- Prompt writing
- Reference answer writing
- Technical rationale writing
- Mining safety
- Quarry operations
- Demolition
Categories
- Engineering
- Consulting
- Technology
- Security & Safety
- Science & Research
Keywords
- blasting engineer
- blast design
- vibration control
- explosives
- energetic materials
- propulsion
- regulatory compliance
- magazine management
- inventory reconciliation
- technical writing
- red teaming
- mining
- quarrying
- demolition
- AI training
- contract
- remote
- AI evaluation
Seniority
Mid level
Languages
- English