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What other companies are hiring for Geophysicist jobs?
Infographic showing various Geophysicist job openings at Exxonmobil in the United States as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 79% Full Time, 20% Part Time, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 99% Physical, and 1% Hybrid job distribution.
Geophysics Specialist - Advanced

Geophysics Specialist - Advanced

ExxonMobil

Spring, TX

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Posted 27 days ago


ExxonMobil rating

6.1

Company rating: 6.1 out of 10

Based on 221 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

55th of 74 rated oil and gas companies


Job description

About us

At ExxonMobil, 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 the 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 ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society's evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

About Houston

ExxonMobil'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.
 

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world's top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
 

Learn more about what we do in Houston here.

What role you will play in our team

We are looking to hire a dynamic, creative, and resourceful candidate for ExxonMobil'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.  Candidates will also collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver these new capabilities for production application in our supercomputing environment

What you will do
  • 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
About you

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Masters or PhD in 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 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

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Extensive experience in FWI research, development, and application in 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
Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.
 

We offer you:
 

  • 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 Company will contribute a 7% match. 
  • Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as "Flex your Day", providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. 
  • Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. 
  • Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. 
  • Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company's benefits can be found at  www.exxonmobilfamily.com. Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

EEO Statement

ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.

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