Testing Research Associate
Bayer
Summary
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. You'll work on creative solutions to complex business problems using advanced field and greenhouse operations, equipment, analytics, and cutting-edge automation techniques.
Job description
Your Tasks and Responsibilities
- Plan and execute experimental protocols and performance trials in protected culture and open field environments.
- 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.
Who You Are
Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:
Required Qualifications
- 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.
Requirements
- BSc. in Horticulture, Agronomy, or a related field
- 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
Benefits
- Health care
- Vision
- Dental
- Retirement
- PTO
- Sick leave
Company overview
Bayer AG is a global life science company with core competencies in healthcare and agriculture, operating as one of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations. Founded in 1863 and headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, Bayer operates through three primary divisions: Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, and Crop Science. The company's pharmaceutical segment focuses on prescription products for cardiology, women's healthcare, oncology, hematology, and ophthalmology, with blockbuster drugs including Xarelto, Eylea, and Nubeqa. Bayer's Consumer Health division markets well-known over-the-counter brands such as Aspirin, Aleve, Claritin, and Bepanthen. The Crop Science division, strengthened by the acquisition of Monsanto, provides seeds, crop protection products, and digital farming solutions. With approximately 92,815 employees worldwide and operations in 80 countries, Bayer is committed to its mission of "Health for all, Hunger for none," driving innovation in medical treatments, agricultural productivity, and sustainable development. The company maintains a strong research and development pipeline, investing heavily in areas like precision medicine, artificial intelligence applications in healthcare, and sustainable agricultural technologies.