Geoscientist

Houston - United States

Geoscientist

Location: Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

We are looking for a scientist with a combination of data-science and quantitative geoscience skills to help us transform the way earth models are built using full waveform inversion (FWI) and tomography.

Responsibilities as part of our industry-leading FWI and seismic imaging team include:

• Research and develop new algorithms and workflows for FWI, with a focus on user experience and geophysical automation.  
• Identify opportunities to adapt recent innovations in machine learning and AI to support work on automation.
• Develop and deploy data analytics and data science workflows as part of a cloud-native seismic processing environment.
• Optimize new and existing production software to ensure on-going high performance on cutting-edge hardware.
• Present results at internal and external conferences and at client meetings.
• Provide support to commercialization and operational teams.

Job requirements:

• PhD in a quantitative field such as Physics/Geophysics/Applied Math or equivalent knowledge level.
• Strong background in applied mathematics/physics/geophysics, especially in inverse problems, numerical inversion, numerical simulation, linear and nonlinear solvers, and optimization.
• Experience with programming for high performance computing environments using C++.
• Experience with python and use of data science/analytics and machine learning packages.
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Minomum 3 years direct experience

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