<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Company </strong></span></p> <p>In the coming decades, demand for critical minerals such as copper, lithium, and cobalt will continue to grow. These minerals are needed to build electric infrastructure, vehicles, data centers, and electronics. However, the mining industry is making 10x fewer discoveries per dollar spent on exploration compared to 30 years ago because the easy-to-find, near surface deposits have largely been discovered.</p> <p>KoBold was founded to be the first AI native mineral exploration, mine development, and technology development company. Our goal is to turn mineral exploration into a repeatable science to discover the minerals the world needs—by integrating artificial intelligence, human intelligence, and new technology. Our multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, engineers, and geologists work together to build data systems, design new sensors, and establish industry-leading workflows to develop and test subsurface predictions on our exploration projects.</p> <p>Our first discovery, Mingomba, is a high-grade copper deposit in Zambia, found after spending materially less than industry average. We are developing Mingomba with the same technical rigor that we apply to exploration. The Mingomba team brings together mine and processing engineers, geologists, data scientists, software engineers, and community, health & safety, construction, and operations specialists. By combining industry knowledge and cutting edge technology, we are developing Mingomba into a world class project that has safer and more predictable outcomes for ourselves, partners, and communities. It is expected to create thousands of good jobs for generations.</p> <p>KoBold runs exploration programs in eight countries, all with the potential for another discovery.</p> <p>KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and strategic natural resources companies BHP and Mitsubishi.</p> <h5><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></h5> <p>This role will drive the design, development, and deployment of a next-generation hardware technology that will transform how KoBold collects and interprets exploration data. This role is ideal for a mechanical engineer who thrives at the intersection of science, engineering, and data and is excited about bringing new technology to life. </p> <p>In this role, you will lead the full technical lifecycle of a critical new hardware system: from concept and prototyping through validation, automation, manufacturing, and deployment in the field. You will work closely with our data scientists, engineers, and geoscientists to design instrumentation that produces rich, high-quality datasets, feeding the machine learning models that drive KoBold’s mineral exploration around the world. You will be a key member of a hardware development team and contributor to various novel hardware projects. </p> <p>You will also help to build the hardware development discipline and organization at Kobold, contributing to a culture and process that will make our engineering efforts innovative, scalable and repeatable. You will report to the Head of Hardware and join a world-class team of data scientists, engineers and geoscientists developing novel technologies to accelerate the discovery of critical minerals for batteries and electrification. </p> <h5><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></h5> <ul> <li>Lead the technical development of a novel, automated sensing and imaging system from concept and prototype to deployment of multiple systems in remote field sites. Coordinate with and orchestrate internal and external resources across hardware and software engineering to deliver. </li> <li>Lead system architecture definition, navigating technical tradeoffs through rigorous research and analysis and balancing cost, complexity, and timeline. </li> <li>Collaborate with KoBold's data systems and exploration teams to integrate the new data stream into KoBold's proprietary data system and ensure usability for exploration projects.</li> <li>Build a deep understanding of mineral exploration science and operations to ensure the system and data generated meet user needs and field requirements. </li> <li>Build partnerships, source, and contract with service providers and vendors to develop hardware solutions that solve KoBold exploration needs.</li> <li>Create effective product plans and mechanical, mechatronic and automation designs - from concept through prototyping and production. </li> <li>Contribute engineering expertise, analysis, and design to various hardware projects across Kobold.</li> <li>Help develop Kobold’s hardware development tools and processes.</li> </ul> <h5><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Qualifications</strong></span></h5> <p>A great Hardware Development Engineer candidate will have:</p> <ul> <li>A successful track record of developing and deploying complex state-of-the-art automated scientific equipment. </li> <li>Experience deploying and supporting complex equipment to remote sites including commissioning, validation, training and monitoring. </li> <li>The ability to simultaneously and gracefully wear many hats including technical lead, project manager, product man