Staff Applied Scientist - Metalab
Core
Develop state-of-the-art instruments, simulate sensor performance, and build predictive models to locate ore-grade mineralization using geophysical, geochemical, and geospatial data.
Role type
Staff Applied Scientist (Mineral Exploration & Sensor Systems)
Builds
Proprietary data acquisition systems, predictive models for ore locations, and worldwide geological datasets.
Domain
Critical minerals exploration, geophysics, and applied AI/ML.
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Sensor design and calibration, geophysical data analysis, Python, statistical modeling, physics-based methods, SQL, cloud computing, data visualization, anomaly detection, cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Preferred skills
Remote sensing, geospatial ML, computer vision, project management.
Technologies
Python, SQL, Git, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms.
Responsibilities
Design and deploy new mineral exploration data collection instruments; simulate and calibrate sensor performance; build models to predict ore locations in 2D/3D; integrate diverse geoscientific data; create visualizations for model evaluation; collaborate with geoscientists to design field programs.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact.