Staff Applied Scientist - Metalab
Core
Develop state-of-the-art instruments and data tools to guide mineral exploration programs, building models to predict ore-grade mineralization locations.
Role type
Staff Applied Scientist (Mineral Exploration & Sensor Systems)
Builds
Proprietary sensor hardware, data acquisition systems, and predictive models for critical battery metals discovery.
Domain
Mining & Mineral Exploration, Geophysics, Applied Physics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Sensor design and calibration, Scientific computing, Statistical modeling, Physics-based methods, Python, SQL, Cloud computing, Data visualization, Anomaly detection, Systems integration
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; Build models to predict locations of compositional anomalies; Integrate diverse geoscientific data into proprietary systems; Create visualizations for model evaluation; Apply statistical and physics-based techniques to guide exploration decisions; Collaborate with geoscientists to design field programs.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact