Hydrographer/ Geophysicist

Summary

Bedrock Ocean Exploration maps the unseen world beneath the oceans and builds systems to perform this work at scale. The Hydrographer/Geophysicist will process and analyze diverse seafloor sensor data, assess data quality, create client deliverables, educate customers, and contribute to ocean-data standards, survey planning, and scalable processing workflows.

Responsibilities

• First-pass analysis of MBES, SSS, magnetometer, and/or sub-bottom profiler data using commercial software (Qimera, Seaview, SonarWiz, Radex, etc.)
• Own rapid, iterative feedback on data quality- first pass gets us information, not perfection
• Spot artifacts and anomalies, and reason about what caused them
• Work with Bedrock leadership and customers to hold the highest data quality standard in the industry
• Create data products and write-ups for commercial clients
• Serve as a primary point of contact for data quality issues, interpretations, and deliverables
• Teach clients about the unique value of AUV data, and what they can do with it- bring them on the journey rather than handing over a file
• Explain trade-offs, limitations, and uncertainty clearly, directly, and without defensiveness
• Contribute to how uncertainty and accuracy get defined in ocean data-work that feeds into government standards, policy, and guidelines
• Collaborate with product and engineering on iterative improvements to the vehicle and to survey planning
• Help build the processing workflows that let all of this scale

Skills

• Experience processing and reporting on at least two of: MBES, SSS, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler, using commercial software
• Comfort with ArcGIS, QGIS, and/or AutoCAD
• Experience writing data reports for commercial clients
• Attention to detail- you find the artifact nobody else saw
• You're a curious, fast-learning data person who wants to be on the vanguard of ocean data, and who would rather be in the conversation with the customer than behind it
• You learn fast, and you ask good questions when you are uncertain
• You treat processing as a problem-solving activity, not a checkbox exercise
• Iterative by instinct, you improve the data and the workflow with every pass
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where priorities change
• You use tools and AI to increase speed, accuracy, and leverage
• You are comfortable, clear, and collaborative in front of a customer
• The idea of seeing the seafloor in a way no one has seen it before excites you
• You take pride in craft, clarity, and accuracy
• You have some connection to the ocean, professional, academic, or personal and you are excited to be around people who dive, sail, build, and explore offshore
• This job will require some nights and weekends around survey campaigns
• Experience across all four relevant sensor types (MBES, SSS, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler)
• Light coding (Python/SQL)
• Offshore experience (ship or AUV ops)
• Certified Hydrographer, Cat A or Cat B; Licensed Surveyor
• Experience across defense (mine countermeasures, unexploded ordnance), energy (oil & gas, offshore wind), and/or environmental survey

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Experience processing and reporting on at least two of: MBES, SSS, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler, using commercial software
• Comfort with ArcGIS, QGIS, and/or AutoCAD
• Experience writing data reports for commercial clients
• Attention to detail- you find the artifact nobody else saw
• You're a curious, fast-learning data person who wants to be on the vanguard of ocean data, and who would rather be in the conversation with the customer than behind it
• You learn fast, and you ask good questions when you are uncertain
• You treat processing as a problem-solving activity, not a checkbox exercise
• Iterative by instinct, you improve the data and the workflow with every pass
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where priorities change
• You use tools and AI to increase speed, accuracy, and leverage
• You are comfortable, clear, and collaborative in front of a customer
• The idea of seeing the seafloor in a way no one has seen it before excites you
• You take pride in craft, clarity, and accuracy
• You have some connection to the ocean, professional, academic, or personal and you are excited to be around people who dive, sail, build, and explore offshore
• This job will require some nights and weekends around survey campaigns

Nice to Haves

• Experience across all four relevant sensor types (MBES, SSS, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler)
• Light coding (Python/SQL)
• Offshore experience (ship or AUV ops)
• Certified Hydrographer, Cat A or Cat B; Licensed Surveyor
• Experience across defense (mine countermeasures, unexploded ordnance), energy (oil & gas, offshore wind), and/or environmental survey