Testing Research Associate

At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a real possibility.

Join our team as a Testing Research Associate and play a pivotal role in advancing our vegetable pipelines. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and passionate individual to join a multidisciplinary team of vegetable breeders, horticultural scientists, data scientists, and engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute experimental protocols and performance trials in protected culture and open field environments for tomato, sweet peppers, and cucumbers;
• Operate research equipment, take notes, enter data management with internal IT systems, and comply with seed stewardship standards;
• Develop, execute, and continuously improve strategic testing plans in alignment with business objectives to deliver results within the crops;
• Execute protocols and trials to generate quality data enabling breeding partners to advance new products based on performance and market needs;
• Capture data in Windows and iOS operating systems (desktop computing, iPhones, iPads) and conduct data quality checks and assurance;
• Leverage metrics applications and quality control processes to realize accuracy, efficiency, and expanded improvements to protocols;
• Manage relationships with growers and third-party cooperators to ensure timely completion and integrity of data collected;
• Create and use tools from collected and analyzed data to develop the performance story and support the transfer of product and agronomic knowledge;
• Use overall understanding of market potential, competition, key trends, research, and emerging market forces to become an industry expert;
• Explore new technologies to increase capacity, speed up current processes, and deploy novel technologies in data collection and crop management;
• Perform tasks to ensure compliance with Bayer policies and quality standards, including safeguarding of equipment daily use logs, calibration, and maintenance;
• Work extended hours during peak seasons, including non-traditional day-time hours with potential overnight travel;
• For site-based individuals, focus on managing and executing agronomic and crop husbandry practices, as well as other site management activities.

Requirements:

• BSc. in Horticulture, Agronomy, or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of crop management experience, either in open field or greenhouse environments;
• Knowledge and experience with agricultural equipment and vegetable crops production practices;
• History of leveraging technology for crop management and data collection.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD with 1 year of experience or MSc with 3 years of experience in related fields.

Compensation:

• Salary between $78,640.00 - $117,960.00;
• Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive compensation;
• Benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.