Nuclear Engineering, Safeguards Expert

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $65 - $75 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🖥 Software Engineer

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Mercor

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $350M Series C - Mercor on 2025-10

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📋 Description

• Write challenging single-turn prompts in the nuclear domain across benign, dual-use, and adversarial levels • Evaluate AI model responses against a defined policy standard • Judge whether responses handled technical requests correctly • Write reference answers describing correct responses and the technical reasoning behind them • Explain judgments in writing so non-specialists can follow • Read and write about misuse scenarios for sustained periods • Participate in advance briefing about misuse-related content

🎯 Requirements

• Fuel-cycle depth plus exposure to how material is controlled, accounted for, or diverted • Safeguards and nonproliferation experience strongly preferred • Relevant backgrounds include Safeguards Analyst / IAEA or Euratom Inspector; Nuclear Engineer, Fuel Cycle; Nuclear Security Engineer; Nuclear Forensics Scientist; or Nonproliferation Analyst • Prior technical writing, published research, or expert witness experience is a strong signal • Ability to write challenging single-turn prompts labelled benign, dual-use, and adversarial • Ability to evaluate AI responses against a defined policy standard • Ability to write reference answers and technical reasoning understandable to non-specialists • Must not draw on classified or export-controlled information, NDA-covered information, or material subject to prepublication review • Must disclose such obligations so work can be scoped accordingly • Include a technical writing sample or link in the application • All qualified applicants considered without regard to legally protected characteristics

🏖️ Benefits

• Earn up to $250 for each successful referral through the unique referral link • Reasonable accommodations upon request • Ability to pause or step away at any point without penalty