Title: Computational Geophysicist
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Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview
We are seeking to hire a computational geophysicist to join the Geophysical Imaging Department that aims to provide a diverse set of geophysical solutions which illuminate the subsurface to reduce the uncertainty surrounding hydrocarbon & non-hydrocarbon activities through integrating the best talent, optimal processes and leading-edge technologies. The candidate will formulate and develop algorithms in CPU and GPU for various geophysical disciplines in collaboration with the subject matter experts. The codes are expected to be put into a production environment and used as part of the main workflow to improve the quality and efficiency of the department products. The geophysical products include but are not limited to velocity model building and depth imaging: therefore, basic knowledge in each discipline is preferable. In addition, the computational geophysicist will provide periodic updates through presentations, reports and demonstrations and must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop applications that improve the accuracy of our current geophysical modelling and inversion algorithms.
- Adapting scientific applications to GPU.
- Improve geophysical technology software documentation and user friendliness.
- Support existing technology in production environment.
- Restructure software code for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Stay up to date with industry technology and software trends to bring ideas to geophysical solutions.
- Prepare and present professional-quality presentation materials to technical peers and management.
- Transfer knowledge to young professionals to ensure business continuity through mentorship and documentation.
Minimum Requirements
- A successful candidate, would need to hold a bachelor or higher degree in Geoscience.
- 10+ years of experience in geophysical field and/or oil and gas industry.
- Advance depth imaging (FWI, RTM, LSRTM) and velocity model building experience.
- Experience with numerical methods, parallel algorithms, MPI, and GPU programming.
- Proficiency in computing programming language (Fortran, C++ and/or C).
- English language fluency with the capability to communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing Excellent.
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.