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Nuclear Medicine Physicist - Cyclotron RSO Remote

75 fixed
Remote
task-based
100 openings
Posted September 15, 2026
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Key details

Pay
$75 fixed
Location
Remote
Job type
task-based
Openings
100
Posted
September 15, 2026

Overview

Mercor needs radiological safety practitioners to red-team frontier AI models on questions that sit along the dual-use line. You will craft single-turn prompts in your specialty, tag each as benign, dual-use, or adversarial, and score model replies against a fixed policy. The work hinges on distinctions such as I-131 therapy dosing, Lu-177 and Y-90 handling, or PET isotope production in hot cells. You then write the reference answer and the technical reasoning a correct response should contain. A model that blocks a routine dose question fails just as much as one that answers a dangerous one.

What You'll Do8

  • Draft single-turn prompts that reflect real nuclear medicine, radiopharmacy, cyclotron, or brachytherapy scenarios.
  • Label every prompt as benign, dual-use, or adversarial based on misuse potential.
  • Review model outputs against the project policy and decide if each response meets the standard.
  • Document why a reply passed or failed, citing isotope activity, shielding, custody, or release criteria facts.
  • Write reference responses that show the correct answer and the technical rationale behind it.
  • Flag prompts where legitimate professional questions overlap with operational details that could enable misuse.
  • Refine prompts and judgments during calibration with other subject matter experts.
  • Note edge cases in source custody, patient release, target handling, or QC that affect model behavior.

Requirements10

  • Hands-on work producing or handling medical isotopes under a custody responsibility.
  • Background as nuclear medicine or radiopharmacy physicist with therapy dosimetry, I-131, Lu-177, or Y-90 experience and patient release criteria.
  • Experience as cyclotron or radiochemistry facility RSO managing target handling, PET isotope production, or hot-cell operations.
  • Medical physicist background with brachytherapy source custody, including HDR and LDR inventory and source exchange.
  • Radiopharmaceutical production or QC under GMP or comparable quality system.
  • Authorised Medical Physicist or Authorised User support on a medical radioactive materials licence.
  • Red-teaming, technical writing, published research, or expert witness work. Sample or link required.
  • Ability to explain technical judgments in writing for non-specialists.
  • Readiness to engage with misuse scenarios in your field for extended periods.
  • No reliance on classified, export-controlled, NDA-covered, or prepublication-review material; disclose obligations so scope can adjust.

Who Should Apply

Practitioners who hold real custody of medical isotopes and can separate a routine professional question from a request that seeks operational detail will fit best. The strongest applicants come from nuclear medicine, radiopharmacy, cyclotron RSO, brachytherapy custody, or radiopharmaceutical QC roles and show prior technical writing or red-teaming work. Generalists without isotope handling experience or writing samples will struggle, because the project asks for domain-specific prompts and clear rationales. A frequent low-fit signal is a prompt set that stays only benign or only adversarial instead of probing the line where legitimate use and misuse overlap. Another is a refusal to disclose NDA, export-control, or prepublication obligations, which blocks scoping and can disqualify an otherwise strong expert.

Salary Insight

This engagement pays $75 as a one-time task payment. That rate fits a short, task-based contribution such as a prompt-and-evaluation batch rather than a full project or hourly consulting contract. For radiological safety experts used to clinical or RSO consulting fees, treat the amount as a small standalone assignment and confirm scope, expected prompt count, and revision rounds before accepting.

Required skills

Nuclear MedicineRadiopharmacyMedical PhysicsCyclotronRadiation Safety OfficerRsoPet Isotope ProductionHot Cell OperationsTarget HandlingI 131Lu 177Y 90Therapy DosimetryPatient Release CriteriaBrachytherapyHdrLdrSource CustodyRadiopharmaceutical QcGmpRed TeamingTechnical WritingRadiation ShieldingMedical Radioactive Materials LicenceAuthorised Medical Physicist

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