[Hiring] Forensic & Toxicological Chemist @the Opportunity

Role Description

We are seeking experienced forensic chemistry, toxicology, and chemical safety professionals to help evaluate how advanced AI systems handle technically complex and potentially dual-use questions. The work focuses on determining whether AI models can distinguish between legitimate professional requests and requests that present genuine misuse or safety concerns. You will use your real-world casework expertise to create challenging evaluation scenarios, assess AI responses, and establish technically sound reference answers.

• Develop challenging single-turn prompts based on your area of professional expertise.
• Classify prompts across three categories: benign, dual-use, and adversarial.
• Evaluate AI-generated responses against defined safety and policy standards.
• Determine whether the model appropriately answered, limited, or refused a request.
• Write reference answers explaining what a correct response should look like.
• Provide clear technical reasoning supporting each evaluation.
• Create scenarios that accurately reflect the boundary between legitimate professional casework and potentially harmful requests.

Qualifications

• Hands-on casework experience in forensic chemistry, toxicology, or chemical safety.
• Experience in clandestine laboratory response, precursor identification, and scene chemistry.
• Forensic toxicology experience, including postmortem or human-performance casework.
• Seized-drug and precursor trend monitoring or intelligence analysis experience.
• Experience in chemical casework involving expert reports or testimony.
• Prior experience with AI red-teaming or model evaluation is helpful.

Requirements

• Excellent technical and scientific writing.
• Ability to distinguish legitimate professional questions from potentially harmful requests.
• Strong understanding of forensic chemistry, toxicology, or chemical safety.
• Experience interpreting technical evidence and defending professional conclusions.
• Ability to explain complex chemical concepts clearly and precisely.
• Strong attention to detail and consistency when applying evaluation standards.
• Published research, technical writing, expert witness experience, or comparable professional documentation experience is a strong advantage.

Benefits

• Remote contract engagement.
• Work focused on specialized expert evaluation and written technical assessment.
• Flexibility to pause or step away from the work when needed.
• Opportunity to apply forensic chemistry, toxicology, or chemical safety expertise to advanced AI evaluation.
• Contribute professional judgment that general-purpose evaluation cannot reliably provide.
• Engage in specialized, technically challenging AI safety and model-evaluation projects.

Professional Boundaries

The work must not involve or rely upon:

• Classified information.
• Export-controlled information.
• Confidential information protected by an NDA.
• Prepublication material subject to review or disclosure restrictions.

Professionals who have these obligations may still be considered; the project scope can be structured to avoid restricted material.