Computational Hydrogeologist

About the Company

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer.

Responsibilities

• Develop multiple alternative groundwater management strategies and quality metrics
• Identify data and information needed to evaluate the efficacy of a proposed strategy
• Design data collection programs required to inform evaluation analyses and work with field teams
• Build and run computational analyses, including numerical simulations of groundwater flow and uncertainty quantification
• Work with data scientists to develop novel approaches and tools to extract value from results

Requirements

• Bachelor's or post-graduate degree in hydrogeology, geology, computational geoscience, or related discipline
• 6-10 years of work experience, including at least 2 years in mining hydrogeology
• Experience with the design and implementation of water management strategies for mining applications
• Experience with the design and implementation of hydrogeologic field studies
• Deep expertise in computational modeling of porous media flows and coupled groundwater/surface-water systems
• Experience with modeling software such as MODFLOW or FEFLOW
• Strong communication skills to explain technical problems to non-technical domain experts