Military Operations and IHL Expert for AI Training [Remote]

Apply operational and legal expertise in warfighting, targeting, and humanitarian law to shape how next-generation AI systems understand and evaluate defense and humanitarian scenarios. You will translate real-world military and IHL knowledge into structured inputs that guide model training, risk assessment, and policy-relevant evaluation tools. No prior experience working with AI is required.

• Develop comprehensive taxonomies for military use and defense operations across diverse conflict contexts.
• Create dual-use triage frameworks to distinguish military applications from civilian uses of technologies and knowledge.
• Define clear boundaries for prohibited assistance under international humanitarian law, producing structured guidance for AI training and evaluation.
• Design conflict-risk rubrics and scenario-based evaluation tools to assess operational and ethical implications of defense activities.
• Evaluate and refine policy-relevant benchmarks to ensure responsible testing of AI models in defense and humanitarian contexts.
• Contribute written and verbal analyses that articulate complex warfighting, targeting, and IHL concepts for interdisciplinary audiences.
• Apply domain expertise to the development and review of training data, evaluations, and feedback used to improve model reasoning and performance.

• Required skills: warfighting, weapons, targeting, defense operations, and humanitarian law.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in military, defense analysis, or international humanitarian law; senior contributors typically have 8 to 20 years of experience.
• Advanced degree preferred, for example MA, LLM, or PhD, or equivalent operational experience in military science, security studies, international law, or related fields.
• Demonstrated credibility and a proven record in warfighting, operational planning, targeting law, or application of humanitarian law.
• Expertise applying conflict ethics, IHL, and defense policy frameworks to real-world scenarios.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to explain technical and ethical issues clearly and concisely.
• Experience in research, policy analysis, or advisory roles within military, government, legal, or think-tank settings.
• Prior involvement in conflict analysis, war-crimes investigation, or weapons-policy development is a strong plus.

• Engagement type: independent contractor.
• Location: remote.
• Contribute to a defense-policy and humanitarian-law project that produces training data and evaluation frameworks for AI systems.
• No prior AI experience is required; the role prioritizes subject-matter expertise in military operations and IHL.

Hourly contractor pay, between $50 and $90 per hour.

• Candidates must be able to engage as independent contractors and work remotely.
• Applicants should hold the required domain experience and skills listed above; other hiring or work-authorization restrictions are not specified in the source material.