Nuclear Security Engineer
Mercor Experts · Remote · Writing / editing
Nuclear Security Engineer is an open role at Mercor Experts, available remotely, with pay listed as $65–$75 per task.
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At a glance
- Pay
- $65–$75 per taskStated by Mercor Experts
- Location
- Remote
- Experience
- Background in nuclear material control, accountability and physical protection
- Work type
- Writing / editing
- Listed
- Since Sep 15, last confirmed Nov 3
The work
Write prompts at benign, dual-use and adversarial levels to test how AI models handle requests in your specialty.
What you would do
- Draft hard one-turn test prompts in your specialty across benign, dual-use and adversarial tiers
- Grade AI replies against a set policy and decide whether each was handled properly
- Compose model answers with the technical rationale behind them
You're a fit if you
- have designed, run or assessed material accounting and control programs at a national lab or licensee
- have engineered physical protection systems such as sensors, barriers and response forces
- have assessed vulnerabilities and analyzed adversary paths in nuclear settings
- can distinguish ordinary professional questions from probing ones
Summarised by HumanSourcer from Mercor Experts’ listing. Check the listing before you apply.
From Mercor Experts’ listing
“Mercor is assembling a panel of nuclear materials and safeguards experts to red-team frontier AI models. The goal is to test whether a model can correctly judge the misuse potential of a technical request — answering legitimate questions fully while refusing genuinely dangerous ones.”
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How do I apply for the Nuclear Security Engineer role at Mercor Experts?
Applications go through Mercor Experts's own portal - HumanSourcer links to the listing and never collects applications or handles hiring. Mercor Experts's access model is "Apply" (Profile / role application). This listing was first seen here on September 15, 2026 and was still live at the last check.
Is the Nuclear Security Engineer role at Mercor Experts remote?
Yes - Mercor Experts lists this role as remote.
What does the Nuclear Security Engineer role at Mercor Experts pay?
Mercor Experts lists this role's pay as $65–$75 per task, quoted from the listing rather than estimated.
What kind of work is Nuclear Security Engineer?
Writing / editing. Law, medicine, finance, engineering, operations and AI evaluation
Is Mercor Experts a legitimate AI-training platform?
Direct expert network - and that relationship is rated "Confirmed" here because it can be checked against www.mercor.com rather than taken on Mercor Experts's word. Confidence describes how well the ownership is evidenced. It is not a rating of how the platform treats the people who work for it, which no public source covers reliably.
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