Mercor
Specialty Materials Chemist — Pyrotechnics or Propulsion
About the work Mercor is assembling a panel of energetic materials and propulsion 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…
- Field
- Chemistry
- Where
- Remote
- Commitment
- task based
- Openings
- 1,000
- Posted
- 1 month ago
How Mercor pays and hires
Weekly. Payouts for the prior work week are processed by Wednesday, mostly through Stripe (Wise where Stripe isn't offered). Stripe holds a first payout for 7 days, and banks can take 3 to 7 business days after a payout shows as paid.
You apply to a specific listing, upload a resume, then do a short AI interview. Some roles add a paid assessment or work trial.
Source: Mercor talent docs: payments
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