AfterQuery is looking for explosives and energetic materials experts to help make AI models safer in their domain. You'll author and review evaluation tasks that test whether a model can tell a safe request from an unsafe one, and write the expert analysis behind each call: what makes a prompt acceptable, where it crosses a line, and why. Requirements

Master's degree or higher in chemical engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline, with expertise in explosives or energetic materials Citizenship of a Five Eyes country (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand) Physically located in one of those countries while doing the work Able to explain the technical reasoning behind a safety judgment clearly and precisely

Pay: $150/hr equivalent, paid at $85 per approved task. Remote, flexible, task-based.

Responsibilities

- Author prompts and scenarios that probe the boundary between safe and unsafe requests in your field
- Review and classify prompts written by other experts as safe or unsafe
- Write the domain analysis behind each judgment:



why a prompt is acceptable or where it crosses a line
- Revise your work based on structured reviewer feedback

Required Qualifications

- Citizen of a Five Eyes country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or Current Zealand
- Physically located in one of those five countries while doing the work
- Able to explain the technical reasoning behind a safety judgment clearly and precisely
- Master's degree or higher in chemical engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline, with expertise in explosives or energetic materials

Preferred Qualifications

- Prior experience in AI evaluation, red teaming, or data annotation work
- Professional experience in explosives engineering, energetic materials research, ordnance, blasting, or defense research

Why apply
- $150/hr equivalent, paid at $85 per approved task
- Remote and flexible: task-based work on your own schedule
- Use your expertise to directly shape how AI models handle safety-critical questions in your field

📌 Explosives & Energetic Materials Engineer (AI Safety) (Canada)
🏢 AfterQuery
📍 Canada