Staff Applied Scientist - Metalab
Core
Develop state-of-the-art instruments and data systems to guide mineral exploration programs, building models to predict ore-grade mineralization locations in 2D and 3D.
Role type
Staff Applied Scientist (Hardware & Data Systems)
Builds
Proprietary sensor hardware, data acquisition systems, and predictive models for critical mineral exploration.
Domain
Mining exploration, geophysics, and critical minerals (copper, lithium, cobalt).
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Sensor design and systems integration, Python data science, statistical and physics-based modeling, SQL, cloud computing, geoscientific data analysis, anomaly detection, spatially aware clustering, field sensor deployment.
Preferred skills
Remote sensing, machine learning on geospatial data, image processing/computer vision, project management.
Technologies
Python, SQL, Git, CI/CD pipelines, cloud computing platforms.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deploy new mineral exploration data collection instruments; build models to predict compositional anomalies in the Earth's crust; integrate diverse geoscientific data into proprietary systems; create visualizations for model evaluation; collaborate with geoscientists to design field programs and reduce prediction uncertainty.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact