Forensic Toxicological Chemist - AI Red Team

What You'll Do5

• Write single-turn prompts in forensic chemistry and toxicology that cover benign, dual-use, and adversarial misuse levels.
• Judge model responses against a policy framework to decide if each answer handled the request correctly.
• Compose reference answers that demonstrate a correct response and lay out the technical reasoning.
• Distinguish routine casework questions from those that seek harmful information, and document that line.
• Craft written rationales that a non-specialist can understand, explaining every judgment you make.

Requirements7

• Hands-on casework identifying controlled substances, precursors, or toxicological samples.
• Experience defending your conclusions in a written report or during expert testimony.
• Ability to tell a routine professional inquiry apart from a request that seeks misuse details.
• A background in one or more of: forensic toxicology, clandestine lab response, controlled substance analysis, or precursor trend monitoring.
• Strong technical writing skills, shown by published research, expert witness reports, or a writing sample.
• Red-teaming experience is a plus, though not required.
• You must not rely on classified, export-controlled, or NDA-covered information.

Who Should Apply

Your background should include real casework in forensic toxicology or controlled substance analysis, ideally with experience writing reports or giving expert testimony. You need to show you can handle the dual-use tension: knowing when a question is routine and when it crosses into misuse. The role is less suited for general chemists who have never identified substances in a legal or safety context. Candidates often get rejected for not including a writing sample or for failing to demonstrate red-teaming or policy-judgment experience. Another common miss is not addressing how you would handle NDA or export-control constraints.

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