Overview Founded and based in Richmond, BC, Canada, Ideon Technologies uses the energy from supernova explosions in space to image deep beneath the Earth’s surface. The company is a world pioneer in cosmic-ray muon tomography and has developed the REVEAL™ Subsurface Intelligence Platform™, comprising an advanced suite of proprietary data-generation hardware, software, AI-powered services, and multi-physics fusion that provide x-ray-like visibility deep underground and unlock the exponential power of integrated spatial data.
By transforming muon data into reliable 3D density maps, Ideon helps geologists identify, map, characterize, and monitor mineral deposits with confidence. This reduces risk and cost of traditional methods, while saving time, optimizing return, and minimizing environmental impact across the mining value chain. Ideon is a dynamic tech scale-up of 70 employees (and growing), entrepreneurial by nature, focused on delivering great customer outcomes, and committed to seeking out the best brains and exceptional humans from diverse backgrounds. Learn more at ideon.ai.
The Role
We are seeking a Geoscientific Analyst with strong geoscience expertise, advanced data science skills, and excellent Python to scale and optimize Ideon’s geoscience workflows. You’ll work at the intersection of geoscience, data engineering, and scientific computing, supporting muon tomography, inversion, and end-to-end workflow development.
You understand both geoscience and data science, write high-quality Python, and can work with complex models and datasets. You like automating and improving scientific workflows, use AI tools and modern development practices day to day, and collaborate well across science and software teams.
Reporting to the Manager, Geosciences, you’ll partner with geoscientists, applied scientists, physicists, software developers, and data scientists to improve how geophysical and geological data are processed, managed, and analyzed across Ideon’s subsurface imaging workflows.
You’ll optimize data pipelines, strengthen geoscience modelling notebooks, and bring AI-assisted workflows into Ideon’s scientific process. You’ll help ensure geoscience data and inversion workflows are scalable, reproducible, efficient, and well-structured for customer delivery and internal research.
You will drive Ideon’s objectives forward by focusing on the following activities:
Data Science & Workflow Optimization
Design and optimize Python-based data pipelines for geoscience and geophysical datasets
Improve data management, organization, and reproducibility across geoscience workflows
Develop and maintain scalable Jupyter notebook frameworks for processing and analysis
Optimize inversion and forward modelling notebooks for performance, reliability, and maintainability
Refactor existing scientific code into modular, maintainable, and reusable components
Geoscience Data Processing
Work with large geoscience datasets including muon tomography, geophysical survey data, geological models, and time-series datasets
Support the geoscience team in automating data processing, model generation, and visualization workflows
Improve computational efficiency of geoscience modelling workflows through parallelization, vectorization, and optimized algorithms
Implement reproducible workflows for data QC, feature extraction, and model preparation
AI & Advanced Analytics




Integrate AI-assisted tools and machine learning techniques into geoscience data workflows
Use modern AI coding tools and automation methods to accelerate development of scientific workflows
Explore opportunities for machine learning, statistical modelling, and pattern recognition in geoscience datasets
Develop tools to support automated model diagnostics, anomaly detection, and uncertainty analysis
Serve as a bridge between geoscience, R&D;, and software teams
Translate scientific workflow requirements into effective and scalable computational solutions
Support integration of geoscience workflows into internal software platforms and applications
Help establish best practices for scientific computing, version control, and reproducible research
Priorities in the first few months will include:
Month 1–2
Learn Ideon’s data architecture, modelling workflows, and geoscience notebooks
Identify pipeline and inversion workflow optimization opportunities
Partner with geoscience teams to surface bottlenecks and workflow pain points
Month 2–4
Standardize data processing notebooks and modelling workflows
Implement improved data structures and reproducible pipelines
Start integrating AI-assisted coding and automation
Month 4+
Deliver workflows that materially reduce processing time and manual steps
Build reusable scientific libraries/frameworks for geoscience modelling
Advance next-generation data science capabilities within Ideon’s geoscience platform
Success in the role looks like:
Geoscience data workflows become faster, more reliable, and easier to reproduce
Python notebooks for modelling and inversion become well structured, modular, and maintainable
Data processing pipelines are automated and scalable
Geoscience teams spend less time on manual data preparation
AI and advanced analytics are effectively integrated into scientific workflows
Strong collaboration exists between geoscience and software teams
Qualifications
Must-haves
Degree in Mining, Geophysics, Geology, Earth Sciences, Data Science, Physics, or related field
Strong understanding and previous experience working with geoscience or geophysical data
Expert-level Python programming (NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib, Plotly, etc.)
Extensive experience with Jupyter notebooks and scientific computing workflows
Experience with complex scientific datasets and optimized modeling workflows and codes
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to translate scientific problems into scalable computational solutions
Well-developed communication skills in English at a fluent or professional level; able to be assertive and respectful
Legally able and currently documented to work full time hours in Canada
Nice-to-haves
Familiarity with version control and collaborative development workflows (Git)
Experience with geophysical inversion, forward modelling, or numerical simulation
Experience with SimPEG, geophysical modelling frameworks,



or scientific Python ecosystems
Knowledge of mining, mineral exploration, or subsurface imaging
Experience with ML or AI applied to scientific datasets
Experience with cloud computing environments or large-scale data processing
Experience building reusable scientific software libraries
We also look for the following from all new Ideon team members:
Experience or excitement for working in a tech scale-up; happy to wear a few hats and learn on the fly.
An ambitious, can-do attitude; you get that we’re doing challenging work and are excited to dive in.
Enthusiastic and confident to take initiative and be adaptable in an agile, fast-paced environment.
Solid teamwork skills; you’re accountable to yourself and your team and will jump in to help where you can.
Creative solutioning mindset with great problem-solving skills.
Insatiable curiosity paired with a drive to deliver.
Able to work well under pressure and to meet committed deadlines.
Great interpersonal skills; able to build relationships with colleagues, customers, and external stakeholders.
Able to contribute something “extra” to our culture beyond the work that you do, like wowing people with your home-baked goods, sharing improv comedy skills, or organizing sports games.
More Role Details
Location : Our office is located at #150 - 4611 Viking Way, just off the No. 6 Road exit on the east-west connector in Richmond, BC, Canada. Lots of free parking is available and a bus stop is one block away.
This is a hybrid role. We love seeing folks in the office 2+ times a week; you’re welcome to work from home the remainder of the week or come into the office all 5 days if you prefer. Our “be an adult” approach means you have the flexibility to determine your in-office schedule while factoring in the positive impact of face-to-face connection and communication with your leader and teammates.
Hours of work: 8 hrs/day, M-F. Typical working hours are 9AM-5PM-ish Pacific time; some employees shift slightly earlier or later based on business and personal needs. As Ideon is a high tech company, you may be asked to be flexible with your hours due to business requirements.
What We Offer
Salary: The annual salary range for this role, in Canadian dollars, is $100,000 - $130,000 . Early equity option allocations upon hire plus the opportunity to earn performance-based option allocations annually are also highlights of our total rewards package.
An opportunity to work with a dynamic tech scale-up, contributing to advancing a ground-breaking solution that generates significant economic and environmental benefit.
Tuition support ($2500/year).
Extended health and dental benefits, employee assistance program, and health/personal spending accounts to cover things that may not fall into other categories (i.e. exercise classes, transit, daycare, pet insurance).
Min 3 weeks paid time off to start, including an annual paid closure between the Christmas and New Year’s stat holidays.
5 paid sick days + other leaves per employment standards legislation.
For hybrid roles, 2 weeks/year work-from-almost-anywhere.
Parental leave top-up.
Employee referral bonus.
Casual dress – we like our jeans and hoodies.
Free parking & tasty snacks at the office!
While we work hard, we also sprinkle social events and learning opportunities into our days.

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📌 Geoscientific Analyst (British Columbia)
🏢 Ideon Technologies
📍 British Columbia