# Staff Applied Scientist - Hyperpod at KoBold Metals

- Company: KoBold Metals
- What the company does: Finding the materials of the future with AI and HI. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://koboldmetals.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-06-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/koboldmetals/jobs/4707690005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kobold-metals-staff-applied-scientist-hyperpod/

## About the role

In this role, you will develop state of the art instruments to collect data to guide our exploration programs. You will simulate, characterize, and calibrate sensor performance and design new data acquisition systems. Working with vendors and partners, you will build hardware and work with our operations staff to deploy it in the field.

## What they're looking for

- Demonstrated ability to quickly absorb and synthesize complex information, with a track record of high intellectual rigor in a professional setting
- Exceptional curiosity and eagerness to learn, with a proactive approach to exploring new concepts and technologies
- A successful track record of developing complex equipment with cross-disciplinary teams and vendors
- Physical measurement and data analysis systems that use phenomena such as optics, electromagnetism, radiation, and gravity
- Applying scientific knowledge to identify and prototype emerging technologies
- Systems integration and data acquisition

Tags: Advanced Technology Group