# Founding Applied Scientist at Terranox AI

- Company: Terranox AI (YC W26)
- What the company does: The first AI-powered uranium discovery company. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://terranox.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/terranox-ai/jobs/9xGzcvz-founding-applied-scientist
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/terranox-ai-founding-applied-scientist/

## About the role

You'll be our founding applied scientist, anchoring the scientific foundations of our discovery stack. You'll lead how we work with the full range of geoscientific data — geophysical, geochemical, geological, and remote sensing — from what we acquire, to how we process and integrate it, to how it feeds the systems that drive our targeting decisions. Much of the work has no off-the-shelf playbook.

## What they're looking for

- PhD in geophysics, applied physics, computational physics, applied mathematics, or a closely related field, or equivalent deep technical expertise
- Deep experience with exploration geophysics and with geophysical inversions
- Strong scientific computing skills (Python, the standard stack)
- Working fluency with ML — you can be a real thought partner on what we're building
- Comfort with ambiguous, sparse, multi-modal data

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