Public Safety Hazardous Device Specialist (Remote)
Listing checked September 15, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Neon needs public safety practitioners to red-team frontier AI models that handle dangerous technical requests. You will write single-turn prompts in the hazardous device domain, label each one as benign, dual-use, or adversarial, then judge how the model responds against a policy standard. Your day-to-day work centers on render-safe procedures, post-blast investigation, and CBRNE response, where routine professional questions sit close to misuse scenarios. Every judgment you make comes with a written rationale, including a reference answer that shows what a correct response looks like and why. The engagement runs remote and task-based, with a one-time payment of $75.
What You'll Do6
- 1Draft single-turn prompts that test model judgment on hazardous device topics, tagging each prompt as benign, dual-use, or adversarial.
- 2Review model outputs against a defined policy and decide if each response handled the request in a safe or unsafe way.
- 3Write reference answers that explain the correct response and the technical reasoning behind it.
- 4Use field experience to separate routine professional questions, such as storage or render-safe queries, from prompts that seek misuse details.
- 5Document each decision so readers without a bomb tech or EOD background can follow the logic.
- 6Flag cases where a model refuses a safe question or answers a dangerous one, and describe why the line was crossed.
Requirements8
- 1Certified bomb technician or hazardous device operator with hands-on device assessment and render-safe procedure experience.
- 2Military EOD background that includes civilian public safety, training, or instruction work.
- 3Bomb squad commander or training officer who has managed team qualification, equipment, and protocols.
- 4Post-blast investigation and device reconstruction experience.
- 5CBRNE technical response skills, including standoff assessment, robotics, and disruption tools.
- 6Strong technical writing, published research, or expert witness work, with a sample or link ready to share.
- 7Red-teaming experience is a plus, as is the ability to write clear rationales for non-specialists.
- 8You must not draw on classified or export-controlled information, or material under an NDA or prepublication review. If you hold those obligations, say so in your application so the team can scope the work.
Who Should Apply
The right candidate has assessed real hazardous devices under certification and command accountability. That means a certified bomb tech, EOD veteran, bomb squad commander, or CBRNE responder who can tell a routine storage or render-safe question from one that fishes for harmful details. People who lack device assessment experience, or who cannot explain their reasoning in writing, will find this role hard to score well on. Applications often fall short when candidates submit prompts that are too obvious or fail to include a technical writing sample or link. If you hold an NDA or export-control obligation, state that up front so the team can adjust the scope.
Salary Insight
The posting lists a one-time payment of $75 for this task-based engagement. It does not provide an hourly or annual equivalent, so the effective rate depends on how long the work takes. Ask about the expected time commitment before you accept.
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Submit a short technical writing sample or link, such as a published paper, expert witness report, or after-action review, that shows a non-specialist reader how you judge a render-safe or post-blast decision. Name any red-teaming work and your certification level in the first lines of your application.
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