Senior or Principal Geophysicist/Geophysical Analyst

Founded and based in Richmond, BC, Ideon Technologies uses the energy from supernova explosions in space to image deep beneath the Earth’s surface. The world pioneer in cosmic-ray muon tomography, Ideon has developed the REVEAL™ Subsurface Intelligence Platform™, comprising an advanced suite of proprietary data-generation hardware, software, AI-powered services, and multi-physics fusion that provide x-ray-like visibility deep underground and unlock the exponential power of integrated spatial data.

By transforming muon data into reliable 3D density maps, Ideon helps geologists identify, map, characterize, and monitor mineral deposits with confidence. This reduces risk and cost of traditional methods, while saving time, optimizing return, and minimizing environmental impact across the mining value chain. In turn, this is helping accelerate the world’s transition to low-impact mining and transform how companies recover the critical minerals required to power the global shift to clean energy – improving peoples’ lives and enhancing economic prosperity.

We are a dynamic tech scale-up of nearly 70 employees. We are a team that is entrepreneurial by nature and focused on doing things right to deliver great customer outcomes. And we are committed to seeking out the best brains and the most exceptional humans, wherever they come from and however they happen to be packaged.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior or Principal Geophysicist/Geophysical Analyst* with a grounding in geology to analyze, model, and interpret geophysical data in service of Ideon REVEAL™ subsurface intelligence platform applications.

You will report to the Director, Technical Solutions and work in a team setting with business development professionals and geophysical analysts. This role will engage directly with customers and support our business development team approximately 80% of the time by sharing their geoscience expertise on customer engagements, proposals, and projects across multiple use cases in the mining sector.

This is a technical role focused on computational geophysics, working both independently and collaboratively on active customer projects assigned to you to deliver from start to finish with high quality.

You will make an impact and drive objectives forward by focusing on the following activities:

• Together with business development team members, interact with prospective and current customers to ensure understanding of their unique problems and to help qualify opportunities
• Assess technology application feasibility on known use cases and as-yet-unstudied use-cases and geological features
• Propose technically feasible solutions that create value for our customers while upholding the integrity of the science behind our products
• Bring customer projects to fruition by developing, running and/or validating survey simulations as needed during project development
• Perform geophysical data quality assessment, processing, analysis, and interpretation
• Process and analyze newly acquired data using Python in Jupyter Notebooks and Geoscience ANALYST
• Create multi dataset and constrained inversions
• Complete data usability assessments
• Distill and present results effectively internally and with customers
• Own the overall technical quality and proficiency for data processing and analysis for assigned projects
• Develop, refine and/or apply standard operating procedures for data management, processing, analysis, storage and reporting

• Understand and commit to good software and project documentation practices

Outcomes we are looking for in your first 6 months include:

• Deliver Ideon and customer objectives at a high level of quality and with a “white glove” level of service
• Become a reliable, responsive, and trusted technical partner for the business development team
• Contribute to developing features within the code base
• Successfully manage fast-paced analysis of data within required deadlines
• Be an impactful contributor to the overall value of the Geosciences, Technical Solutions, and Business Development teams

*Title is dependent on the new employee's registration and accreditation status with Engineers & Geoscientists BC (EGBC).

Qualifications

Must-haves – You’ll need the following to move forward in the hiring process (and be successful in the role):

• 8+ years experience in a business, non-academic setting analyzing and interpreting geophysical field data and running forward modeling, simulations, and inversions with multiple provided data sets

• Graduate degree in geophysics, geology, earth sciences, or closely related field, or an equivalent combo of training and experience; a sub-specialization in data science is an asset
• Considerable customer engagement experience, a customer-centric mindset, and a track record of creating excellent customer interactions; experience in technical sales support is an asset
• Advanced-level coding capabilities in Python and open-source packages (i.e. PANDAS, NumPy, SciPy); experience using Python to build scripts from scratch, analyze, interpret, and plot data
• • It would be helpful to include a link to your Github account in your application)
• Understanding of geophysical methods (i.e. gravity, direct current resistivity) and the subtleties of how geophysical inversions work
• Understanding of geology and the theoretical and practical aspects of mineral exploration and resource characterization or geotechnical engineering, and subsurface insights in general
• Strong understanding of customer needs in the mining industry, their business models, and the time-value of information in mining
• Proficiency using geophysical analysis software to fully process and independently analyze a range of survey data (i.e. Geoscience ANALYST, ArcGIS, Paraview, SimPEG)
• Comfortable interacting (virtually and in person, in oral and written form) with customers of varying technical acumen

• Enthusiasm for and/or experience presenting confidently to technical and non-technical audiences
• Detail-oriented and committed to delivering high quality work quickly
• Well-developed communication skills in English at a fluent or professional level; able to convey complex data insights clearly and professionally
• Legally able and currently documented to work full-time hours in Canada

Nice-to-haves

• Business development or sales support experience and/or training
• P.Geo. certification or eligibility to register

We also look for the following from all new Ideon team members:

• Experience or excitement for working in a tech scale-up; happy to wear a few hats and learn on the fly.
• An ambitious, can-do attitude; you get that we’re doing challenging work and are excited to dive in.
• Enthusiastic and confident to take initiative and be adaptable in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Solid teamwork skills; you’re accountable to yourself and your team and will jump in to help where you can.
• Creative solutioning mindset with great problem-solving skills.
• Insatiable curiosity paired with a drive to deliver.
• Able to work well under pressure and to meet committed deadlines.
• Great interpersonal skills; able to build relationships with colleagues, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Able to contribute something “extra” to our culture beyond the work that you do, like wowing people with your home-baked goods, sharing improv comedy skills, or organizing sports games.

More Details

Location: Our office is located at #150 - 4611 Viking Way, just off the No. 6 Road exit on the east-west connector in Richmond, BC, Canada. Lots of free parking is available and a bus stop is one block away.

This is a hybrid role. We love seeing folks in the office 2+ times a week; you’re welcome to work from home the remainder of the week or come into the office all 5 days if you prefer. Our “be an adult” approach means you have the flexibility to determine your in-office schedule while factoring in the positive impact of face-to-face connection and communication with your leader and teammates.

Hours of work: 8 hrs/day, M-F. Typical working hours are 9AM-5PM-ish pacific time; some employees shift slightly earlier or later based on business and personal needs. As Ideon is a high technology company, you may be asked to be flexible with your hours due to business requirements.

Field work and travel: No field work. Occasionally there may be some travel, but minimal.

What We Offer

Salary: The annual salary range for this role, in Canadian dollars, is $120,000 - $180,000.

• Equity option allocations upon hire plus the opportunity to earn performance-based option allocations annually.
• Accreditation and tuition support.
• Extended health and dental benefits, an employee assistance program, and a health/personal spending account to cover things that may not fall into other categories (i.e. exercise classes, transit, daycare, pet insurance).
• An annual paid closure between the Christmas and New Year’s stat holidays, in addition to vacation time.
• 5 paid sick days annually, in addition to other leaves per employment standards legislation.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Employee referral bonus.
• Casual dress – we like our jeans and hoodies.
• Free parking and tasty snacks at the office!
• While we work hard we also sprinkle social events and learning opportunities into our days.

Ideon’s salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked against companies of similar size and stage in the Vancouver, BC, Canada market. The range reflects the minimum and maximum new employee salary. It is not typical for a new employee to be hired at the top of the range; as experienced as someone may be they likely won’t have the directly related experience unique to working at Ideon. In exceptional circumstances, though, where a person has the knowledge, skills, and experience to exceed those needed for the position, we may consider compensating at the top of the range. In the application process you will be asked to provide your salary expectations.

What It’s Like at Ideon

Great ideas and rich company culture come from diversity of thought, experience, and perspective. The Ideon culture is anchored in a set of core values that directly shape how we hire, coach, evaluate, and develop our people:

• Driven by industry, informed by science
• Inspired to create, wired to deliver
• Unified team, personally accountable
• Boldly ambitious, exceptionally human

How to Apply, Accommodation Requests, and Hiring Process

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