Fleet Space Technologies Hiring for Data Scientist – Physical Modelling at Allenby Gardens, South Australia, Australia Full Time

About Fleet Space Technologies

Fleet is a space-enabled exploration technology company on a mission to dramatically accelerate the discovery of critical minerals needed to decarbonize our global economy. Electric vehicles and other clean energy technologies are vital elements of the world’s efforts to combat climate change, and these will demand many times more critical minerals than today, with an incremental value of over USD $13 trillion. At the same time, finding new mineral deposits is becoming more challenging as we increasingly exhaust the supply of shallow deposits and are forced to explore deeper underground. Traditional exploration methods are poorly suited to address this challenge, so a new approach is needed.

Our approach is to combine space technology, proprietary seismic sensors, cutting edge Ambient Noise Tomography, and machine learning to provide the world’s first scalable 3D exploration dataset with near-real-time insights to guide active exploration programs far more efficiently to new deposits. This is Fleet’s flagship product, ExoSphere – a space-enabled solution for mineral exploration in real-time, in 3D, and under cover with very low environmental impact. Since launching ExoSphere in March 2022, Fleet has signed contracts with over 30 clients including Rio Tinto, Barrick Gold and Core Lithium and completed over 120 Ambient Noise Tomography surveys, more than any other company in the world.

As part of Fleet’s founding vision to connect the Earth, Moon, and Mars, we also apply our technology to innovative solutions for defense and space exploration, including an upcoming mission to the Moon. Headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, Fleet has rapidly grown to over 100 employees including a growing team in the USA, Canada, and beyond. We have raised over AUD $85M in venture funding, backed by premier investors including Blackbird, Grok, and In-Q-Tel.

The Team

The Science Team at Fleet Space Technologies is composed of team-oriented technical experts who are driving innovation in exploration technology for use on the Earth and beyond it. As the core developers of ExoSphere, we are at the forefront of several fields all at once – seismology, exploration geology, and machine learning to name a few. We are creative, combining space technology and in-house sensors with computational geophysics and machine learning to unlock geological insight from the subsurface in a way that nobody else has tried before. And we are bold, applying this technology not just on the Earth, but on the surface of other planetary bodies in our solar system. It’s not rocket science, but it’s close! One must not only bring proven technical expertise, but also be open minded, agile, and adaptable to solve challenges that could very well change our world (and others beyond). We value diversity of perspective, journey, industry experience, skillset, working style, communication preference, and identity; the fact that we come from over 28 nationalities only reinforces our commitment to Inclusion & Diversity.

As a business, we are ambitious, innovative, and collaborative and we put our customers first in everything that we do. We love celebrating our successes, and we have had a lot to celebrate to date including Series C Funding and selection of our technology to be among the first Australian hardware to be deployed on the Moon. We are a diverse group of professionals who have come together for one purpose – to build spacecraft for explorers of new worlds with a mission to connect Earth, Moon and Mars. Come help shape the future through this fantastic opportunity!

The Role

Fleet Space Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist to join the Science team and guide the Physical Modelling activities across cross-functional teams. We seek a person with a broad skill set of modeling physical systems that involve large data sets. A strong mathematical and physics knowledge is applied to a wide range of applications from identifying anomalies in mining data sets to fleet management of space assets, the incumbent will provide data modeling support and technical advice to external clients and other internal stakeholders at Fleet (including Product, Software, Satellites, Sales, etc.). This challenging and inspiring role is ideal for candidates who have extensive data science + physics + modeling experience and are passionate about utilizing 3D exploration data to drive new discoveries in a team environment within an agile, high-growth, cutting edge technology organization. As Machine Learning techniques are used to unlock information within the data, expertise utilizing advanced technologies and progressive means will ensure success.

ing to the Director of Planetary Geophysics, the Data Scientist – Physical Modelling will collaborate across many stakeholders to analyze and refine datasets that will shape subsurface models for clients, embedding them into their exploration programs and delivering exceptional results. They will also provide valuable input to internal teams for product development. The incumbent should expect to engage with a plethora of yet to be defined challenges that will drive revenue for the company, inspire/challenge them technically, and help change the world (while taking Fleet interplanetary)!

They Will Partner With Multiple Teams Including

• The Account Management team, consisting of experienced geologists who work with clients to plan and execute surveys and co-develop interpretations of resulting subsurface models
• The Geophysics team, to assist in ongoing agile development of Fleet’s data processing codebase
• The Software team, responsible for building and maintaining the cloud platform and data ingestion infrastructure required to support ExoSphere surveys
• The broader Data Science team, to assist in the training and use of predictive machine learning models for geological outputs of interest for clients
• The Product team – to collaboratively work on requirements and make sure we’re building the right thing for our customers

The preferred location of this role is Australia (remote or based in Adelaide (Beverley), South Australia) or the West Coast of North America (USA or Canada); based on prior experience and ability to team/work remotely.

Main Responsibilities

This role will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Build models and techniques to extract information from multiphysics data sets
• Work with SaaS software team to translate models and algorithms into operational software
• Compiling and ing on large geophysical data sets
• Evaluating the performance of analysis techniques
• Represent Fleet and present results at relevant conferences
• Process and interpret data using industry standard geophysical interpretation software
• Adapting data collection procedures
• Actively keeps up to date with Data Science and Machine Learning advancements
• Maintain relevant documentations
• Interest and willingness to take Fleet Space Technologies to the depths & summits of the Earth, to the Moon & Mars, and beyond!

Key Skills And Required Experience

• Masters of Science in Mathematics, Computer Science, Geology/Geophysics or Physics – with foundational Bachelor’s (Tertiary) Degree is required; PhD is a plus but not required
• Experience in physical modeling of large systems and extracting unique information from data set
• Experience in developing algorithms to allow users to manipulate data a near real time environment
• Professional presentation and communication skills
• Strong writing skills
• Good analytical and interpretation skills
• Programming experience: Python, Matlab, and similar
• Familiarity with SaaS products and development a plus
• Experience in GeoPhysics a plus
• Global citizen with the willingness to travel for client/company visits, conferences and to other locations as needed

Learn More

Explore more about Fleet Space Technologies on our company website, and follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date with all company news & developments in our pursuits to connect the Earth, Moon & Mars!

Fleet is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Fleet is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, colour, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.