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Combat Arms & Targeting SME at micro1
Former operators in fires and targeting help a defense-focused customer test how AI systems handle military topics. Contributors sort scenarios into an approved taxonomy, write tricky boundary cases, and grade model answers on sourcing, handling of uncertainty and usefulness. They also flag cases where a model wrongly declines legitimate conceptual or policy questions.
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What you would do
- Sort realistic military scenarios into an approved taxonomy, separating explanation and policy support from operational use
- Propose subtle boundary cases that less experienced reviewers might misclassify
- Grade AI answers on sourcing, uncertainty, reasoning, limitations and usefulness
- Flag wrongful refusals and record gray areas in a transparent answer key
What the listing asks for
- Preferred: hands-on fires, targeting or weapons employment background, such as pilot, JTAC or artillery officer
- Preferred: schooling like TOPGUN, USAF Weapons School or Joint Firepower Course
- Preferred: teaching, leadership or evaluator experience, plus strong written and spoken communication
- Preferred: operational familiarity with armed-conflict law or rules of engagement (a plus)
- Preferred: AI evaluation, wargaming or red-teaming experience, valued but not required
Suits professionals who have served in operational targeting or fires roles and can explain tactical judgment clearly in writing.
The listing as micro1 posted it
This is micro1's public listing for the role, read October 29, 2026, with dashes and placeholder links cleaned up. The listing is micro1's text; the summary above and everything below it is ours.
Role Title: Combat Arms & Targeting SME
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
micro1 is engaging Combat Arms & Targeting subject-matter experts to support a cutting-edge project for a defense-focused customer. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required - your domain knowledge is what matters.
Scope of Work
- Map authentic military-activity scenarios to an approved taxonomy, clearly delineating between conceptual explanation, lawful policy/readiness support, evidence curation, and the controlled boundary with operational decision support, destructive execution, autonomous weapons, and unlawful planning.
- Identify and propose nuanced or non-obvious boundary cases that might be misclassified by less-experienced reviewers, ensuring nuanced judgment is captured.
- Evaluate and grade AI-generated responses for source handling, proper expression of uncertainty (such as conflicting pattern-of-life intelligence), reasoning quality, stated limitations, and operational utility.
- Flag instances where AI models incorrectly refuse to engage with valid conceptual or policy questions, supporting the ongoing refinement of model parameters.
- Document edge cases, gray areas, and points of disagreement, maintaining a defensible and transparent answer key for model training and review processes.
- Support continuous refinement of project guidelines by sharing insights from operational, targeting, and fires expertise.
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive hands-on experience in joint or service-specific fires, targeting, or weapons employment decision-making (e.g., combat pilot, battle manager, JTAC, field or air-defense artillery officer, naval strike officer, carrier air-wing targeteer, or Aegis-qualified TAO/IAMD WTI).
- Advanced tactical training, such as TOPGUN, USAF Weapons School, Joint Firepower Course, or non-US allied equivalents.
- Demonstrated teaching, leadership, or evaluative experience (e.g., WTI, instructor, mission commander, or debrief facilitator).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to articulate operational judgment clearly and succinctly.
- Strong capability to assess targeting and fires utility, discriminate boundaries, and provide clear justifications.
- Law-of-armed-conflict or rules-of-engagement fluency from an operational perspective (not a legal role), considered a plus.
- Experience with AI model evaluation, wargaming, or red-teaming is valued but not required.
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Pay and terms
The listing does not state a rate for this role. micro1's expert guide describes pay in bands by type of work rather than per role, so treat any figure you see elsewhere as unconfirmed until it appears in your contract.
micro1 engages experts as contractors. Its help library says payments are made in USD twice a month and that contracts and payroll run through Deel. Payments cannot be processed until identity verification there is complete. Read our micro1 review for what workers say about project availability and support.
Before you apply
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Applying starts with an AI interview, then certification, then matching to projects by recruiters. micro1 says certification does not guarantee a project, so treat this as flexible work and not as a job offer. The how to become an AI trainer guide walks through each step.
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People also ask
Google shows few related questions for this exact role, so the first questions below come from searches for "military consultant jobs".
What does a military consultant do?
At micro1, the closest role is the Combat Arms & Targeting SME contractor position, where former operators help train AI systems on military topics. Contributors sort realistic scenarios into an approved taxonomy, write tricky boundary cases, grade model answers for sourcing, handling of uncertainty and usefulness, and flag times a model wrongly refuses a legitimate conceptual or policy question. The work is remote, and no prior AI experience is required.
How to get hired as a consultant?
At micro1, you apply to the Combat Arms & Targeting SME listing, take the on-demand AI interview with its recruiter Zara, and are onboarded if selected. The listing prefers hands-on experience in fires, targeting or weapons employment decisions, plus teaching or evaluative experience and strong written communication. Certification does not guarantee a project. Our guide to becoming an AI trainer covers the steps.
How much does the Combat Arms & Targeting SME role at micro1 pay?
The listing does not state a rate for this role, so we cannot give a figure. micro1's expert guide describes pay in bands by type of work rather than per role. Ask during onboarding, and read the contract before you accept work.
Is the Combat Arms & Targeting SME role remote?
The listing calls it remote work and does not name a country limit. micro1 says it hires globally but cannot hire in a list of excluded countries, so read the eligibility line on the listing and in your application before you start.
How do I apply for the Combat Arms & Targeting SME role?
Open the listing on micro1's site and apply there. Applying starts with an AI interview, followed by certification and matching to projects by recruiters. micro1 says certification does not guarantee a project. Our how to become an AI trainer guide covers each step.
Is this listing still open?
We read micro1's public listing on October 29, 2026. Roles close without notice, so confirm on the listing itself. If it has closed, the other government, military and public service roles on this site are linked below.
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Sources and method
- micro1 public job listing for this role, read October 29, 2026. The summary, task and requirement lines are our paraphrase of that listing.
- The questions under People also ask: Google's related questions for this kind of role in the United States, as reported by Ahrefs, pulled October 29, 2026. Answers are ours, written from the listing and from our own sourced micro1 pages.
- micro1 help library and expert guide for payment timing and the hiring steps, read 17 October 2026.
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