Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. KoBold Metals is a leading independent mineral exploration company that leverages AI technology for mineral discovery. The Scientific Analyst will support exploration teams through data analysis, market research, and operational decision-making, while collaborating with various departments to enhance project outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with mineral exploration project teams and develop a deep understanding of exploration activities, the underlying geoscience, how KoBold develops and deploys its exploration technology, and unique considerations when operating in jurisdictions ranging from the Arctic to southern Africa
- Help prepare presentations, reports, and visualizations summarizing exploration progress, hypotheses or planned work programs
- Partner with exploration project leads and department heads to build and maintain budget forecasts, track actuals. Identify and implement process improvements for data workflows, project tracking, and reporting
- Conduct cost-benefit analyses for proposed drilling campaigns, technology investments, or regional exploration initiatives
- Work with the commercial analytics team to identify global trends affecting metal demand
- Work with the business development team to track companies exploring in similar terrains or commodities to help identify potential corporate opportunities
- Support initiatives to partner with universities and exploration leaders from other companies to uplift university programs, support post-graduate studies, and provide student mentoring
- Support initiatives for teams to meet in-person, at offsites, field mapping exercises, research collaborations etc
- Help build, deliver and monitor professional development programs, identifying training, conference, and continuous learning initiatives
- Act as the business owner for managing geological software systems and licensing requirements
Skills
- Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights through using our tools in exploration and willing to work directly with geologists in the field
- Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who are not geoscientists (e.g. data scientists/software engineers). 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 an evolving 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
- A valid passport and willingness to travel to observe our work at Mingomba or at an exploration site around the world. Travel for this role typically does not exceed 1-3 trips per year
- Education in science or math (geoscience, physics, chemistry, astronomy/astrophysics, or mathematics is preferred)
- Experience with Python or other scientific computing language
- At least 1 year of experience in technology, natural resources, or finance
- A strong orientation toward thinking from first principles with respect to science, technology, economics, and business
- A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision
- Excitement about working on a wide array of problems
- Excellent communication and data presentation skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
- Excellent organizational skills
- Flexibility to accommodate meetings with staff in different time zones, and occasional travel
Benefits
Company Overview
KoBold Metals is an AI-powered critical mineral startup that discovers essential materials for electric vehicles and renewable energy. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Berkeley, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.koboldmetals.com.
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