Explosives Specialist - Incident Analyst
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Remote
$65 to $75 CAD / hour
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Job details
- Pay
- $65 to $75 CAD / hour
- 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: Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst
Type: Contract
Compensation: $65–$75/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Write challenging single-turn prompts in the domain of energetic materials and propulsion. Label them as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
- Evaluate model responses against a defined policy standard. Judge whether each response was handled correctly.
- Write reference answers, providing correct responses and technical reasoning.
- Analyze dual-use scenarios where residue analysis and diversion indicators are critical.
- Ensure models refuse dangerous questions while answering legitimate ones accurately.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and improve AI model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Federally certified explosives specialist or national equivalent.
- Experience in forensic laboratory identification of energetic materials.
- Expertise in post-incident analysis and reporting for an agency or laboratory.
- Regulatory inspection experience of licensees and permittees.
- Strong technical writing or published research experience.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
- Paid weekly via Stripe Connect
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 Incident Analyst at Mercor will write single-turn prompts on energetic materials and propulsion and evaluate AI model responses against a policy standard. They will also write reference answers and analyze dual-use scenarios involving residue analysis and diversion indicators.
Requirements
Candidates need federal explosives specialist certification or an equivalent national credential. They also need forensic laboratory experience identifying energetic materials, post-incident analysis experience, regulatory inspection experience and strong technical writing or published research.
Skills
- Energetic materials identification
- Forensic laboratory analysis
- Residue analysis
- Post-incident analysis and reporting
- Regulatory inspection of licensees and permittees
- Technical writing
- Prompt writing
- Model response evaluation
- Dual-use risk assessment
- Reference answer writing
- Policy compliance evaluation
- Independent asynchronous work
Categories
- Security & Safety
- Science & Research
- Technology
Keywords
- explosives specialist
- energetic materials
- propulsion
- forensic laboratory
- residue analysis
- post-incident analysis
- incident analyst
- dual-use
- regulatory inspection
- technical writing
- AI training
- contract
- remote
- AI model evaluation
- prompt writing
- ATF
- explosives licensing
- materials analysis
Seniority
Senior
Languages
- English