Staff Applied Scientist - Metalab

• Demonstrated ability to quickly absorb and synthesize complex information, with a track record of high intellectual rigor in a professional setting.
• Exceptional curiosity and eagerness to learn, with a proactive approach to exploring new concepts and technologies.
• A successful track record of developing complex equipment with cross-disciplinary teams and vendors.

Technical skills, including extensive experience with:

• Physical measurement and data analysis systems that use phenomena such as optics, electromagnetism, radiation, and gravity.
• Applying scientific knowledge to identify and prototype emerging technologies
• Systems integration and data acquisition.
• Python’s data science packages and general software engineering practices.
• Collaborative software development (git), and familiarity with software engineering best practices like unit test / integration test suites, and CICD pipelines.
• SQL, as well as familiarity with non-relational databases.
• Cloud computing resources.
• Building a wide variety of predictive models, applying them to different problems, and evaluating and interpreting the results.
• Data analysis, physics analysis, and applied statistics on a broad range of types of data including data from physical systems.
• Capacity to dive deep on novel challenging problems in applying ML to mineral exploration, including understanding a complex domain of geology and mineral exploration practices as well as working with limited, disparate and noisy data sources
• Experience deploying sensors in the field

Work practices and motivation:

• Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects.
• Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Open to working directly with geologists in the field. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations.
• Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t software developers. A strong communicator who enjoys working with colleagues across the company.
• Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities.
• Keen not just to build cool technology, but to figure out what technical product to build to best achieve the business objectives of the company.
• Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively.

It is also helpful but not required to have experience with:

• Remote sensing
• Creating machine learning models on geospatial data
• Image processing or computer vision
• Project and team management

What to Expect

Joining KoBold means getting the opportunity for hands-on exposure to our exploration projects around the world. All employees are expected to travel to project sites, with a minimum of one week per year. Field-facing and technical roles spend significantly more time in the field.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

This position is Full-time Exempt

Salary is one part of KoBold’s total compensation. The US salary range for this role is between $125,000 and $235,000, and will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. In addition to salary, we offer equity compensation. We also offer benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer paid sick time and parental leave."

Location: Remote, Candidates can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada. 10-20% travel required.