Geophysics Specialist - Advanced

About Exxon Mobil

At Exxon Mobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net‑zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by pride in what we do and what we stand for. The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people.

They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower‑emissions technologies. We invite you to bring your ideas to Exxon Mobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs.

Exxon Mobil’s state‑of‑the‑art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors. By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today and in the future to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products.

It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry. The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I‑45), at the intersection of I‑45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.

We are looking to hire a dynamic, creative, and resourceful candidate for Exxon Mobil’s seismic imaging research group in Spring, Texas. Candidates will work in a research team to develop new and innovative solutions to challenging imaging and inversion problems in a variety of geologic settings. They will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver these new capabilities for production application in our supercomputing environment.

• Conduct research and develop solutions for challenging wave‑based imaging and inversion problems in a variety of geologic settings.
• Bring to bear the latest geophysical and computational industry advances to imaging and inversion research and development.
• Optimize and enhance existing wave‑based imaging and inversion production capabilities.
• Work with computational scientists and software engineers to validate and deliver new imaging and inversion capabilities.
• Conduct analysis and guide production teams on the optimal application of existing and new capabilities.
• Consult on vendor‑based proprietary depth imaging projects, where high‑end imaging and inversion technologies are being applied.

• Masters or PhD in a broad science and engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated record of technical problem solving and innovation in seismic imaging and inversion research.
• Flexibility and initiative to quickly adapt to changing business and production application needs.
• Strong programming skills in an HPC environment (e.g., C, C++, Python, Fortran, MPI, OpenMP, CUDA).
• Knowledge of seismic acquisition techniques, seismic data processing, seismic wave propagation, digital signal processing, numerical modeling and inversion, and optimization.
• Proficiency in English.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.

• Extensive experience in FWI research, development, and application in an HPC environment.
• Production‑scale seismic data processing, depth imaging and velocity model building experience.
• Hands‑on software development experience in wavefield simulation, analysis, and inversion.

• Pension Plan:
  Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
• Savings Plan:
  You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the…