second the 'bright minds' contractors .. physics-trained coder at US top-5 university, contracted to do 3D modelling of sound-based exploratory data, with accurately modeled earth materials, in the software. So the strata of the earth materials for a real place, on the one side, and the behavior of the sensors on the other. This was in the 2007 era
I hope this position was a great stepping stone in your career and helped you reach your goals. Complex imaging problems require the skills of so many people trained in different disciplines.