About the role
Terra AI is building a new category at the intersection of artificial intelligence, geoscience, and critical resource development. As global demand for copper, lithium, nickel, rare earth elements, geothermal energy, and other strategic resources accelerates, the mining and subsurface industries face a growing challenge: traditional exploration methods remain slow, expensive, and highly uncertain. Terra AI was founded to help solve this problem by redefining how critical resources are discovered, evaluated, and developed. By combining advanced machine learning, probabilistic modeling, and deep geoscience expertise, Terra AI helps exploration and mining companies make faster, more informed subsurface decisions with greater confidence and capital efficiency. The company’s platform integrates geological, geophysical, and drilling data into intelligent systems designed to improve targeting accuracy, accelerate discovery timelines, and reduce exploration risk. Backed by leading investors including Khosla Ventures and working alongside strategic industry partners including Rio Tinto, Ero Copper, and Ramaco Resources, Terra AI is emerging as one of the more closely watched AI-native companies operating within the mining and critical minerals sector. Terra AI’s mission is to define the new global standard for data-driven critical resource development — breaking the cost and time curve required to support electrification, energy security, and the global energy transition. The company operates with a strong partnership mentality, combining technical rigor, candid communication, continual learning, and environmental stewardship to help modern exploration teams solve some of the world’s most important resource challenges. Role We are seeking a broadly capable applied geophysicist with exposure across multiple geophysical methods to help run and deliver geophysical modeling programs supporting mineral exploration initiatives. This role will work closely with Terra AI’s technical teams to integrate geophysical modeling, probabilistic workflows, and geological interpretation into modern exploration decision-making. QA/QC and process geophysical datasets acquired through external exploration programs Build forward models and support geophysical interpretation workflows Compare modeled and observed datasets to refine subsurface interpretations Produce technical reports, visualizations, and exploration recommendations Work within Python-based geophysical modeling environments and reproducible workflows Collaborate closely with geologists and technical stakeholders across exploration programs Support the continued development of scalable geophysical modeling workflows
