Geoscience Research and Field Reasoning Reviewer

IXO is engaging specialists to evaluate geoscientific interpretations that follow from processes, timescales and evidence. Your contribution is technical work: make the reasoning inspectable, identify substantive errors and provide evidence that supports a reliable assessment.

Work you will do

• Create cases that connect field observations, samples or model results to a geological interpretation.
• Write reference reasoning in the relevant earth-science specialty and assess model answers for physical validity.
• Explain uncertainty and identify conclusions that are fluent but unsupported by the geological or climate evidence.

Required background and routes

• An advanced degree in geology, earth science or a related subject and at least two years in geoscience research, industry or fieldwork.
• Specialist depth in an area such as hydrology, sedimentology, climate science or geophysics, with clear scientific reasoning.

Preferred background

• A PhD or professional-geologist licence; GIS, remote sensing or geospatial models; energy, mining, environmental assessment or government-survey experience.

Deliverables

Submit the completed technical artifact or assessment with its supporting evidence, explicit assumptions, reproducible checks where applicable, and concise reasons for each material judgment. Address review findings within the agreed scope.

Location and schedule

Remote assignments are scheduled by agreement, with no guaranteed weekly volume. Availability planning can include 10 hours per week depending on the track. IXO confirms the applicable timing before work.

Pay and working terms

$65 $120/hr USD. The agreed hourly rate, scope, schedule and acceptance criteria are confirmed before work starts. Applying does not guarantee an assignment. Use public, licensed or otherwise authorized material only; do not submit confidential employer information, personal data or restricted research.