Organic Chemistry & Chemical Threat Subject Matter Expert (SME)

The role

You will evaluate AI-generated chemistry content for scientific accuracy and safety risks. You will assess organic synthesis approaches and support AI safety evaluations involving chemical threats.

What you will do

• Evaluate AI-generated chemistry content for scientific accuracy, technical feasibility, and potential safety or security risks.
• Assess organic synthesis approaches, reaction pathways, and chemical processes through the lens of chemical safety and dual-use risk.
• Support AI safety evaluations involving chemical threats, chemical weapons proliferation, and other chemical security concerns.
• Analyze the capabilities and limitations of AI-enabled chemistry tools.
• Identify potential failure modes, scientific inaccuracies, and areas of concern in AI-generated chemical information.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop evaluation criteria, research methodologies, and technical assessments.
• Document findings and communicate complex scientific concepts clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• Advanced degree in Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, or a closely related scientific discipline.
• Demonstrated knowledge or experience in dual-use chemistry, chemical threats, chemical weapons proliferation, or chemical safety and security.
• Strong technical understanding of organic synthesis, reaction mechanisms, chemical characterization, and synthetic pathways.
• Experience evaluating the scientific accuracy, practicality, and feasibility of chemical synthesis approaches.
• Ability to critically assess complex scientific information, identify technical risks, and provide well-supported conclusions.
• Strong analytical, research, and technical communication skills.
• Ability to work independently on complex, open-ended scientific problems while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have

• M.S. or Ph.D. preferred.
• Experience using or evaluating AI-driven chemistry tools, including molecular modeling, AI-assisted molecular design, retrosynthesis, reaction prediction, or synthesis planning.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), AI safety evaluations, or adversarial testing of AI systems.
• Experience in chemical threat assessment, chemical defense, nonproliferation research, or related national security initiatives.
• Background in computational chemistry, cheminformatics, or AI/ML applications in chemical research.
• Experience developing scientific evaluation frameworks, research benchmarks, or technical risk assessments.

About the company

10a Labs is the safety and threat-intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms.