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IntelinAir named One of Seven Ag Tech Start-Ups to Watch in 2018

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IntelinAir imagery

EnterpriseWorks startup, IntelinAir was recently named one of seven Ag Tech start-ups to watch in 2018 by Agriculture.com. 

IntelinAir was founded in 2015 to help farmers make more cost-effecient and smart decisions based on aerial imagery, and is based both in Champaign, Illinois at the Research Park and in San Jose, California.

The company's AgMRI platform, which was just unveiled in the last year, is described on their website as "the leading aerial analytics solution for agriculture." Since releasing this platform, the company has quickly soared to the top of aerial monitoring and analytics companies, having monitored nearly 2 million acres in 2017. 

Read the full story here. 

Visit IntelinAir's website to learn more about them here.


Agrible Recognized on the Thrive Top 50 List

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Agrible

EnterpriseWorks graduate startup Agrible is featured on the 2018 Thrive Top 50 list for the second year in a row. This ranking signifies the best in agriculture technology from around the world. This year, they placed in the “Biotechnology” category, and on the 2017 list placed in the “Big Data & Analytics” category. In February, Agrible will be honored at the Thrive Innovation Forum), an annual event bringing corporates, startups, academics and investors together to share industry milestones and opportunities.

To learn more about Agrible and the Thrive Top 50 list, click here.

Inprentus Raises $1 Million to Complete A Series A Round for $2.5 Million

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Inprentus has officially completed A Series A Round, raising $2.5 Million with help from investors like Flyover Capital, Serra Ventures, and other new investors. 

This money will help Inprentus to aggressively pursue new business in both its current synchrotron market and explore options in new markets. 

Inprentus has recently commercialized it's advanced marketing process that involves a nano-scale scribing technology that creates high precision pattering of surfaces, which proves useful in x-ray and EUV experiments at synchrotron facilities and scientific research institutions by helping those scientists discover and characterize new material properties in life science, engineering and physics research. 

The company is currently manufacturing and fulfilling orders, and can now focus on more revenue growth with current products and expansion into adjacent markets. 

"Inprentus has proven it is on track to grow revenue and reach its goals" said Flyover Capital General Partner, Keith Molzer. 

Read the full story here.

AGCO Opens Acceleration Center at Research Park

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AGCO building
Champaign, Illinois (January 25, 2018) - The University of Illinois and AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) announced today the opening of the AGCO Acceleration Center at University of Illinois Research Park. The Acceleration Center will advance technology innovation for AGCO’s grain, seed processing, swine and poultry production equipment brands, which include GSI, Cimbria, AP and Cumberland. At the Center, University of Illinois undergraduate and graduate students will be employed year-round to further the company’s capabilities in areas such as data science, web and mobile development, and machine learning.
 
The Center will focus on developing new-to-market solutions and advanced technologies to help farmers protect their harvest and their animals to feed a growing world population. 
 
“With the global population projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, the world’s future depends on food security. Ensuring we have sufficient food to meet the demand of a growing population while addressing resource and environmental limitations are a global challenge that we are committed to solving,” said Tom Welke, Senior Vice President, Global Grain & Protein, GSI. 
 
“A global industry leader such as AGCO represents a significant addition to the blooming Ag Tech sector in the Research Park,” said University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert J. Jones. “This is a place that knows more about innovation and invention than any other, and does so at massive scale. AGCO’s interdisciplinary approach to innovation and finding solutions to feed the world aligns very closely with the university’s goals for its next 150 years.”
 
The Center opens with seven highly-skilled student interns and two full-time employees working to advance the use of mixed reality technology in the agriculture industry and bring next generation monitoring and management tools to market for grain and livestock producers.
 
“Not only will the Acceleration Center explore new ways to help farmers build smarter, stronger farms, but it also provides students with a valuable growth opportunity to work on real-life projects with a global agriculture company,” said Lena Swearingen-Head, AGCO Acceleration Center site director. AGCO will continue to recruit University talent and full-time staff as additional projects come to fruition.
The Acceleration Center extends AGCO’s presence in Central Illinois, where the global headquarters for its grain, swine and poultry divisions are also located.
 
About AGCO
AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural solutions and supports more productive farming through its full line of equipment and related services. AGCO products are sold through five core brands, Challenger®, Fendt®, GSI®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®, supported by Fuse® precision technologies and farm optimization services, and are distributed globally through a combination of over 3,000 independent dealers and distributors in more than 150 countries. Founded in 1990, AGCO is headquartered in Duluth, GA, USA. In 2016, AGCO had net sales of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit their website. For company news, information and events, please follow us on Twitter: @AGCOCorp. For financial news on Twitter, please follow the hashtag #AGCOIR.

Abbot Nutrition R&D Operations and Food Safety Intern

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Internships
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
AbbottResearchPark@abbott.com
Description: 

Abbot Nutrition R&D Operations and Food Safety Intern

Abbott Laboratories, UIUC Research Park

Job ID Number: 300019

Who We Are:

Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 150 countries and employs approximately 73,000 people.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) student to primarily support Abbott Nutrition’s Research and Development Operations team on a key project that aims to evaluate existing Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for genomic basis of factory colonization. Results will help determine the potential utility of WGS for evaluating Listeria Risk in AN Plants.

The Student Will Be Responsible For:

  • Reviewing and synthesizing insights from scientific literature
  • Searching and comparing existing WGS of L. monocytogens and L. innocua (10 strains minimum)
  • Identifying genetic regions associated with adherence, environmental colonization and persistence, antimicrobial resistance, and bacteriophage
  • Creating a White Paper and PowerPoint slide deck to summarize research
  • Communicating findings and progress to applicable project leader on a regular basis

What We Offer To Our Student Employees:

  • Part-time employment with Abbott at the UIUC Research Park during the academic year
  • Minimum of 8-10 hr/week and maximum of 19 hr per week
  • Competitive hourly wage commensurate with year in school
  • Flexible work schedule Monday to Saturday with 24/7 keycard office access
  • Assigned workstation in a modern style office space
  • Valuable experience in the global healthcare industry

Qualifications:

  • Must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at UIUC
  • Preferred field of study in microbiology, microbial genetics, or bioinformatics
  • Experience using bioinformatics software
  • Experience using MS Office applications
  • Attention to detail, effective communicator, and excellent verbal/written English language skills
  • Self-motivated problem solver that can lead a project from beginning to end

Start Date/Duration: Spring 2018 Semester

Interested in Applying?

Candidates should complete an online application at www.abbott.com/careers.html, and under “Search Jobs” use the keywords, “Abbott Research Park – Part-Time Student Researcher.”  Additionally, candidates should send a copy of their resume or CV to abbottresearchpark@abbott.com, attention to Kati Daniel and Keith Garleb, including a subject line, with the Title and Job ID: “R&D Intern 300019”.

Marketing Design Intern

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Internships
Marketing, Social Media, PR
User Experience/Graphic Design
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
careers@agrible.com
Description: 

Marketing Design Intern
We are looking for self-motivated candidates who desire opportunities to develop their skills and contribute in a meaningful way to a growing business. Add depth to your skills and education in agriculture, computer science, software, sustainability, engineering, sales, business, and outreach. You will work with experts at Agrible to force multiply making a real impact you can be proud to talk about!

About Agrible:
We are an agricultural technology company with ag experts, world-class scientists, and growers all on staff. We’re headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, where it’s only a few steps from the farm gate to our office doors. Agrible’s mission is to analyze and provide agronomic information using science and technology to transform results into globally useful knowledge. We give all agricultural communities the insights, services, and connections to make their decisions easy and sustainable and their operations seamless. Connecting parts of this larger agricultural community to each other through our platform is important to us and is something we do. Join us in our evolution of agriculture.™

Position Summary:
The Marketing Design Intern will have a part-time position (10-20 hrs/wk), and is responsible for the production of a wide range of digital and printed marketing materials—for the company website, web and mobile apps, social media, trade shows, workshops, etc. Technical knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud software is required. The Marketing Design Intern will report directly to the Marketing Team, but must be willing and able to work with multiple teams across the company.

Primary Duties:

  • Creation and updates to various marketing/sales collateral (I.e. reports, handouts, PowerPoints, posters, banners, print ads, images for social media and videos, animations, email campaigns, logos, icons, infographics, vector illustrations, etc.)
  • Other projects as assigned

Qualifications:

  • Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
  • Adobe Animate, Final Cut Pro, etc. are a plus
  • Must have experience and strong interest in learning about graphic, digital, and product design
  • Junior-level design skills required
  • Strong time management skills, along with the ability to keep up with changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Willingness to work as part of a team and take creative direction and constructive criticism from other team members, as well as others outside of the team
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Superior communication skills

Join the electric culture of an agricultural tech startup located in the heart of US agriculture that is trying to make a difference globally.
To apply, drop us an email at careers@agrible.com with your resume and cover letter.

Location of Position: Champaign, IL

Agrible, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Earthsense Robot Gathers Data Under Crop Canopy

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EarthSense Robot TerraSentia

Earthsense CEO and founder, Chinmay Soman sat down with Agrinews to discuss his company, and the new Earthsense robot, TerraSentia, that  provides field phenotyping from the ground level up. 

Earthsense is an EnterpriseWorks affiliate that provides management advice for farmers, ranchers, and other land managers based on valuable on-site data gathered with highest efficiency and modeled with leading machine learning techniques.

The TerraSentia robot was inspired after a couple of researchers from the University of Illinois, Soman included, realized that most of the important events on the field start under the canopy. TerraSentia was created to help capture the actual actionable information rapidly and effectively.

TerraSentia carries sensors to collect data on traits incudling plant health, physiology, stress response and others. These services open possibilities in crop breeding, agriculture product development, product testing, crop research and field scouting by improving the speed and accuracy of in field information. 

Read the full interview here.

 

Scrum Master

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Software & Web Development
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
CopenbargerAngelaA@JohnDeere.com
Description: 
Essential Duties: 
  • Guiding a team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices
  • Guiding the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
  • Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
  • Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
  • Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
  • Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
  • Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
  • Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
  • Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining a product backlog.
  • Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.

 

Skills/Experience:

  • Scrum Master certification (CSM) – Ideal not Required
  • Experience in software development team environment that was diligently applying Scrum principles and practices.
  • Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
  • Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.
  • Excellent communication

 

To apply: Please send your resume to CopenbargerAngelaA@JohnDeere.com 


Data Science Intern

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Data/Analytics
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
imran.khan@gartner.com
Description: 

At CEB, now Gartner Data Innovation Center we hire the brightest and most talented people in the world? Are you looking to work on the most innovative projects and build technologies that change the world? At the Gartner Data Innovation Center, you have the chance to build the future.

We are looking for some smart Data Scientists who can generate insights from our data. Join us this summer to get a chance at creating some of the most innovative solutions at our data innovation center.

The Data Science Intern with minimum will focus on mid-size to large projects for development of NLP and Machine learning solutions employing a working knowledge of SDLC, SCRUM, and Agile methodologies. The engineer will design, specify, and implement a state of the art natural language processing and machine learning for our next generation products. This position emphasizes a need for to conceptualize, design, and develop reusable NLP and ML models as well as very strong technical knowledge for implementing big data technologies. Additionally, the Data Science Intern will play a key role in requirements gathering, project documentation, application developments tasks and the translation of requirements for project teams both foreign and domestic

Requirements

  • Demonstrable Experience in developing natural language processing models, corpus.
  • Experience with NLP tools such as NLTK, OpenNLP, Stanford CoreNLP and similar open source solutions
  • Experience with NLP tagging methods and techniques such as CCG, Penn TreeBank
  • Experience with multi-lingual (international) NLP processing and tagging
  • Experience with NLP applications such as tokenization, parsing, lemmatization, POS tagging techniques, Named Entity Recognition (NER) or Stanford NER (SNER)
  • Experience in Topic mining using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), keywords, n-grams,tf-idf vectors
  • Experience in Document Classification using different language models and similarity metrics like Word2Vec, KL-Divergence, Cosine Similarity .
  • Experience with developing NLP applications such as sentiment analysis, topic modeling, text summary production
  • Experience with developing NLP tools using Machine learning, Statistical analysis, bag of words, parts of speech tagging
  • Ability to apply combinations of classifiers Naïve Bayes, Decision Tree, k-NN, Neural Networks and SVM.
  • Experience developing and applying machine learning using tools such as Python Scikit, R or similar languages
  • Experience in mining/analyzing vast data stores and uncovering insights.
  • Experience in building Recommendation Systems
  • Experience in writing clean, documented, modular, reusable code in Python
  • Experience in data wrangling and munging using Python libraries like Numpy, Pandas, BeautifulSoup, etc.
  • Experience in web development, JavaScript Framework and programming languages like Java, Scala, C++ is a plus
  • Experience with Big Data tools like Hadoop, Spark is a plus
  • Experience with Deep learning techniques like LSTM,RNN is a plus

Role Qualifications

  • Knowledge in Python and Java.
  • Writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code.
  • Proficiency in Database SQL query development and data analysis             
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Critical thinking with excellent judgment and initiative
  • Self-motivator with great attention to detail and follow through
  • Proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
  • Proven analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently and in a team setting
  • Ability to excel in a fast paced environment
  • Very good listening and interpretation skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge in Hadoop is a plus
  • Managing and deploying HBase
  • Good knowledge in back-end programming, specifically java, JS, Node.js and OOAD
  • Knowledge on SQL Server Management Studio, GitHub, and MongoDB

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree or PhD in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Engineering or, Statistics, or Mathematics, or related discipline.

Interested students can email their resumes to imran.khan@gartner.com

Data Visualization Intern

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Category: 
Data/Analytics
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
imran.khan@gartner.com
Description: 

At CEB, now Gartner Data Innovation Center we hire the brightest and most talented people in the world? Are you looking to work on the most innovative projects and build technologies that change the world? At the Gartner Data Innovation Center, you have the chance to build the future.

We are looking for the most creative and inventive GUI and data visualization developers. Join us this summer to get a chance at creating some of the most innovative solutions at our data innovation center.

What Are the Key Responsibilities?

• Focus on mid-size to large projects for development of the next generation of data visualization libraries, widgets and tools in the Analytics space employing a working knowledge of SDLC, SCRUM, and Agile methodologies Research and document data mapping from source to target systems.

• The engineer will be designing, specifying, and implementing a state of the art interactive data visualization for our next generation products.

• This position emphasizes a need for to conceptualize, design, and develop reusable graphic/data visualizations as well as very strong technical knowledge for implementing these visualizations using cutting edge technologies.

What Are the Preferred Qualifications?

• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, D3, AngularJS, Node.js, Javascript, and Responsive Design to develop Data Visualizations.

• Experience with Microstrategy Reports and visualizations

• Experience with one of the visualization tools such as Tableau, QlikView, Pentaho, HiChart or comparable tools

• Experience with developing interactive customer-facing data visualization products & dashboards

• Experience with integrating data visualization components, widgets and Web-based data visualization tools

• Define specifications, standards techniques to ensure superior visualizations.

• Experience in web development, JavaScript Framework and programming languages like Java, Scala, C++, Python is a plus

• Experience in interacting with business analysts and developers to analyze the user requirements, functional specifications and system specifications

• Collaborates with members of the product, revenue, research, and central support communities to collect and research specific member issues related to product properties in production

Interested students can email their resumes to imran.khan@gartner.com

Aptimmune Named Number Three of Seven Ag Tech Start-ups to Watch in 2018

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Aptimmune

EnterpriseWorks startup, Aptimmune Biologics, was recently recognized as one of seven Ag Tech start-ups to watch in 2018 by Agriculture.com. 

Aptimmune focuses on developing revolutionary swine vaccines and the prevention of the diseases, porcine reprodutive, respiratory syndrome virus ({PRRSV), and influenza. 

In November, Aptimmune launched the industry's first inactivated mucosal influenza A virus vaccine in swine. 

Recently, the company raised $6 Million Series B Funding from various investors and has moved its headquarters to St. Louis. 

To see a complete list of Ag Tech startups to watch click here.

Visit Aptimmune's website here.

Senior Software Engineer, Front-end

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Software & Web Development
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
sophieroney@granular.ag
Description: 

Agriculture is not the same as it was twenty years ago, and it won’t be the same twenty years from now. Climate conditions are changing. The world needs more food from the same arable land. Consumer preferences and regulations are evolving. Public expectations are rising and accountability matters more. And farmers need to respond to these changing dynamics - they are at the core of our food system and our planet.

Granular creates Farm Management Software and land valuation software, AcreValue, that empowers farms to become more valuable businesses, for today and for the future. We take a user-centric development and design approach to develop products that are simple to use that our farmers love! We are a startup funded by top investors (Andreessen and Horowitz, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Tao Capital).

We are looking for a Senior Front-end Engineer to join our team full time in Champaign, IL.  You will have the opportunity to be a part of a top San Francisco start-up while enjoying the benefits of living in the Midwest.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

  • Work closely with other developers, product managers, data science and design to develop a high-performance, scalable web application for enterprise use.
  • Create new and/or optimize existing application pages to be responsive, amazingly fast, and easy-to-maintain by other engineers
  • Designing and building an application our farmers can use in the office and in the field.
  • Create an application that aggregates and analyzes terabytes of data about soils, climate, crop rotations, taxes, interest rates, and corn prices to calculate the estimated value of an individual field.
  • Work directly with the product and design team to create a compelling user experience that is easy to use, and fast to implement.
  • Build a workflow that is simple for our farmers to use, yet captures the complexity of managing a professional farm.
  • Scale the product and team. There is a need, and flexibility for, horizontal and upward mobility.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • No farming/agriculture knowledge required!
  • 7+ years of experience developing user-friendly web applications in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong sense for high-quality user experience.
  • Significant experience with a variety of modern web application technologies.
  • Specific experience with or desire to learn technologies including Javascript (including AngularJS), HTML/CSS, Python (including Pyramid, Django), MongoDB and PostgreSQL
  • Excellent software design skills, code quality and attention to detail.
  • Background in analysis and visualization of geospatial data a plus
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • The passion for revolutionizing the agriculture industry with your hard earned engineering skills!
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience.

PERKS

  • At Granular, perks are more than free lunches and happy hour (which we have).  We offer a team where you can grow, a professional development path, respect for life outside of work and a stipend for educational conferences.
  • Enjoy frequent trips to our headquarters in San Francisco.
  • Upward movement.  We are growing quickly and need talent who can take on increasingly challenging and rewarding roles.
  • We value diversity and treat every employee with a high degree of autonomy and respect.
  • Have a big impact by joining a small, fast-paced, smart team. We are having fun building a great company and helping one of the most important industries in the world.
  • Competitive salary, commission program, and stock options.
  • Medical, dental, vision and 401(K) benefits.

 

Please apply by clicking here

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Software & Web Development
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
sophieroney@granular.ag
Description: 

Agriculture is not the same as it was twenty years ago, and it won’t be the same twenty years from now. Climate conditions are changing. The world needs more food from the same arable land. Consumer preferences and regulations are evolving. Public expectations are rising and accountability matters more. And farmers need to respond to these changing dynamics - they are at the core of our food system and our planet.

Granular creates Farm Management Software and land valuation software, AcreValue, that empowers farms to become more valuable businesses, for today and for the future. We take a user-centric development and design approach to develop products that are simple to use that our farmers love! We are a startup funded by top investors (Andreessen and Horowitz, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Tao Capital).

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team full time in Champaign, IL.  You will have the opportunity to be a part of a top San Francisco start-up while enjoying the benefits of living in the Midwest.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

  • Work closely with other developers, product managers, data science and design to develop a high-performance, scalable web application for enterprise use specifically focusing our “financials” product domain.
  • Work with raw data for business analytics/data warehousing (of growing size) and present in a user-friendly way for farmers to understand their fields.
  • Design and build an incredibly complex application that captures all of our farmers' data yet is simple to use and flexible for use on a corn, walnut, or asparagus farms.
  • Deep dive into the agriculture industry understanding the greater environment as well as details that are crucial to our 250+ customers’ success.
  • Create an application that aggregates and analyzes large data sets on soils, climate, crop rotations, taxes, interest rates, and corn prices to calculate the estimated value of an individual field.
  • Work directly with our farmers! Go onsite and attend company led trainings to see first-hand how your code impacts our farmers lives.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • No farming/agriculture knowledge required!
  • Significant experience with a variety of modern web application technologies.
  • Specific experience with or desire to learn technologies including Python (including Pyramid, Django), MongoDB and PostgreSQL.  
  • Experience building scalable web applications
  • Knowledge and experience with DevOps, monitoring, continuous integration, etc. a plus.
  • Excellent software design skills, code quality and attention to detail.
  • Background in analysis and visualization of geospatial data a plus.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • The passion for revolutionizing the agriculture industry with your hard earned engineering skills!
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience.

PERKS

  • At Granular, perks are more than free lunches and happy hour (which we have).  We offer a team where you can grow, a professional development path, respect for life outside of work and a stipend for educational conferences.
  • Enjoy frequent trips to our headquarters in San Francisco.
  • Upward movement.  We are growing quickly and need talent who can take on increasingly challenging and rewarding roles.
  • We value diversity and treat every employee with a high degree of autonomy and respect.
  • Have a big impact by joining a small, fast-paced, smart team. We are having fun building a great company and helping one of the most important industries in the world.
  • Competitive salary, commission program, and stock options.
  • Medical, dental, vision and 401(K) benefits.

Location: Champaign, IL

Please apply by clicking here

Senior Product Designer

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Software & Web Development
User Experience/Graphic Design
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
sophieroney@granular.ag
Description: 

Granular is the leading software and analytics company for agriculture. We are revolutionizing one of the world's largest and most important industries by making farmers’ lives easier and making them more profitable. Our products help farmers get access to land, make more efficient use of inputs, and make better business decisions.  We currently have offices in San Francisco, CA, Champaign, IL, and Des Moines, IA. This role is located in Champaign, IL with 15% travel to San Francisco and onsite visits to our customers, our farmers. 

We’re looking for a Product Designer to be a key member of our small, in-house design team working on our Farm Management Software financial analytics domain across mobile, tablet and web experiences.  This is a unique opportunity to learn about farming and agricultural processes while designing solutions for an underserved customer base. You will lead strategic design projects and help shape the vision and execution of design at Granular. You will work closely with all core Granular business units: Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Data Science.

You will be an integral part of Granular's success, and this is a unique opportunity to accelerate your career in a fast-paced environment with a team full of passionate, committed people who are excited to transform agriculture!

What you will do:

  • Collaborate with our cross-functional product domain team, leading strategic design efforts
  • Drive user research, wireframing, interaction design and prototyping for medium to large-scale design projects
  • Develop high-fidelity mockups and assets for your web and/or mobile projects, as needed
  • Translate business problems and ideas into clear design solutions
  • Distill complex tasks and workflows into intuitive, simple experiences
  • Help build and participate in our usability testing program
  • Work with engineering on UI frameworks and pattern libraries
  • Mentor and support designers on the team, with the opportunity to manage designers as the team grows

Our ideal candidate:

  • 6+ years of product design experience
  • Experience leading complex design projects with multiple contributors and stakeholders
  • Ability to move seamlessly between defining strategy and delivering hands-on work
  • Master at user experience design, user and usability research
  • Strong understanding of front-end/UI technologies
  • Ability to collaborate with a team across multiple time zones
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Familiarity with small business software/ business tools a plus
  • Familiarity with agriculture / farming practices a plus, but certainly not required
  • Experience balancing creative and analytical design goals

Perks:

  • At Granular, perks are more than free lunches, a stocked fridge and happy hours (which we have). We value diversity and treat every employee with a high degree of autonomy and respect.
  • Have a big impact by joining a small, fast-paced and smart team. We are having fun building a great company and helping one of the most important industries in the world.
  • Upward movement.  We are growing quickly and need talent who can take on increasingly challenging and rewarding roles.
  • Employer sponsored medical, dental, vision
  • Open floor plan, dog-friendly offices
  • Competitive salary, bonus plan and generous 401(k) match

To apply, please click here.

QA Engineer

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Software & Web Development
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
sophieroney@granular.ag
Description: 

Granular is the leading software and analytics company for agriculture. We are revolutionizing one of the world's largest and most important industries by making farmers’ lives easier and making them more profitable. Our products help farmers get access to land, make more efficient use of inputs, and make better business decisions.  We currently have offices in San Francisco, CA, Champaign, IL, and Des Moines, IA.

We are looking for a QA Engineer to join our team working on our FMS product.

What you will do:

  • Work closely with product managers, developers, design engineers and other qa engineers to test and ensure high quality products are released to customers.
  • Develop test strategies based on the requirements to efficiently and comprehensively test the features.
  • Developing test plans/test cases for the assigned products.
  • Executing manual/automated tests and reporting defects.
  • Understand and contribute in product requirements, architecture and design.

Our ideal candidate:

  • 2+ years of testing Web based applications preferably SaaS products.
  • Strong experience defining clear and concise test cases (Zephyr with Jira is desirable).
  • Experience understanding data models and managing test data.
  • Experience with SQL and REST.
  • Outstanding troubleshooting and analytical skills.
  • Impeccable verbal and written communication skills.
  • Mobile application testing experience is a plus
  • Experience working with automation frameworks is a plus.
  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Passion for revolutionizing the agriculture industry with your skills!

Perks:

  • At Granular, perks are more than free lunches, a stocked fridge and happy hours (which we have). We value diversity and treat every employee with a high degree of autonomy and respect.
  • Have a big impact by joining a small, fast-paced and smart team. We are having fun building a great company and helping one of the most important industries in the world.
  • Upward movement.  We are growing quickly and need talent who can take on increasingly challenging and rewarding roles.
  • Employer sponsored medical, dental, vision
  • Open floor plan, dog-friendly offices
  • Competitive salary, bonus plan and generous 401(k) match

To apply, please click here


Software Engineer

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Software & Web Development
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Full-Time
Contact Email: 
rhiannon.clifton2@huawei.com
Description: 

Software R&D engineer positions available at Huawei US Research Lab @Champaign, IL

Huawei recently opened an innovation lab in Champaign IL and we are actively seeking talented candidates – recent or fresh graduates in Master and PhD programs and software engineers – to build our operations in Champaign in multiple positions.

As a member of a highly talented team, you get to do creative work as well as making real impact by solving real customer problems. While the current projects include language design, compiler & JVM, and performance optimization, the lab continues to grow and expand into new domains (e.g., cloud, smart devices, IoT). As such, we are not looking for people with a fixed set of skills, but rather the “growth-mindset” people who have a versatile experience in the field and are not daunted by acquiring new skills. We especially welcome researchers and problem solvers.

The positions are in the US branch of the Programming Technologies Lab of Huawei, whose mission is to innovate and leverage programming technologies (compilers, languages, language VMs, tools) to improve the performance, productivity, and quality of Huawei software.

Responsibilities:

  • Work involves a good amount of tools design and prototypes aimed at performance profiling and optimization across the system stack;

  • Identify opportunities for novel programming and software tools technology solutions and turn ideas into prototypes and production;

  • Explore new areas and keep up with the latest programming, runtime and performance profiling technologies in the external community;

  • Last but not least, be creative and keep on learning.

Qualifications:

  • Recent or graduating students with a Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering or related fields. Experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas: 

  • Performance analysis & optimization, via experience in a relevant area, such as performance modeling, parallel software development, or processor or system simulator development. Implementing tools/libraries/framework for parallel programming, heterogeneous programming, performance monitoring,

  • Android system & other operating systems, familiar with internals of these Operating Systems with hands-on experiences inside the systems including developing frameworks, system-level performance and power tuning and analysis, or

  • Programming system implementation, with experience and/or training in a relevant area such as compiler design & optimization, language VM, runtime and library, software verification, software engineering tools; or

  • Programming model design, with familiarity in a relevant area such as type systems, memory management, concurrency models

Nice to haves:

   Competence in a breadth of programming paradigms is a plus, assembly code;

   Experience with runtime system, such as memory management and concurrent task scheduling;

   Experience with developing programming technologies for the cloud environment and smart devices;

   Prior engagements w/ open-source projects, developers’ community, and/or research community.

Monsanto Opens Innovation Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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monsanto grand opening

Center will apply interdisciplinary approach to build solutions, source innovation

Champaign, Illinois (February 1, 2018) - The University of Illinois today announced that Monsanto (NYSE: MON), a global agriculture company headquartered in St. Louis, and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto, have opened the Monsanto Innovation Center at the University of Illinois Research Park.

When fully staffed, the Monsanto Innovation Center will employ more than two dozen students who will enhance and augment a robust agricultural innovation portfolio with additional enabling capabilities like IT, data science and engineering. Students will focus on cutting-edge, real-world, social, scientific challenges in areas like advanced analytics, operations research, phenomics, genomics, plant science and precision breeding technologies. The center will employ students who are studying disciplines such as electrical engineering, UX design, mechanical engineering, software engineering and imaging sensor science.

The Center will use digital tools and data to drive agricultural innovations which increase efficiency and reduce the amount of water, land, and energy necessary to meet the world's food, fuel and fiber needs.

“At Monsanto, we are a company built on innovation. We believe connecting new talent and ideas accelerates the discovery needed to feed and sustain our world,” said Mike Graham, vice president of Global Plant Breeding. “The Monsanto Innovation Center will cultivate future scientists who have the opportunity to shape how data science is applied to modern agriculture.”

“Continued advancement of research and educational programs at leading universities is essential to the future success of modern agriculture. Additionally, it’s critical we support the training and development of the next generation so they can apply their education and implement new technologies to help solve agricultural challenges,” said Sam Eathington, chief science officer at The Climate Corporation. “It’s for this reason we have invested in the new innovation center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to help deliver on this promise."

The Center has hired both graduate and undergraduate students from across campus, representing at least four different colleges and multiple disciplines. It is focused on fostering a collaborative, entrepreneurial and solution-based framework where students will engage with innovative projects designed to help facilitate professional development. 

“The Monsanto Innovation Center at Research Park represents the next frontier of a relationship that spans decades,” said University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign chancellor Robert J. Jones. “Tapping into the talent base of our students is a win-win. For them, getting to address some of the complex problems facing society is part of the fabric of what it means to get an Illinois education.”

The Center opens with seven highly-skilled student interns. It will continue to recruit top University talent to fill roles as additional projects come to fruition. 

 “Monsanto and the University of Illinois have deep ties thanks to a long-lasting, strong relationship. We anticipate that will only continue thanks to this unique opportunity to grow a footprint directly on campus in the Research Park,” said Blake Giles, site director of the new Monsanto Innovation Center.
 

About Monsanto Company

Monsanto is committed to bringing a broad range of solutions to help nourish our growing world. We produce seeds for fruits, vegetables and key crops - such as corn, soybeans, and cotton - that help farmers have better harvests while using water and other important resources more efficiently. We work to find sustainable solutions for soil health, help farmers use data to improve farming practices and conserve natural resources, and provide crop protection products to minimize damage from pests and disease. Through programs and partnerships, we collaborate with farmers, researchers, nonprofit organizations, universities and others to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. To learn more about Monsanto, our commitments and our more than 20,000 dedicated employees, please visit monsanto.com. Follow our business on Twitter® at twitter.com/MonsantoCo.

About The Climate Corporation

The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, aims to help all the world’s farmers sustainably increase their productivity through the use of digital tools. The integrated Climate FieldView™ digital agriculture platform provides farmers with a comprehensive, connected suite of digital tools. Bringing together seamless field data collection, advanced agronomic modeling and local weather monitoring into simple mobile and web software solutions, the Climate FieldView platform gives farmers a deeper understanding of their fields so they can make more informed operating decisions to optimize yields, maximize efficiency and reduce risk. For more information, please visit www.climate.com and follow the company on Twitter @climatecorp.

 

Mobile Software Developer Summer Intern

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Category: 
Software & Web Development
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
julia.hart@countryfinancial.com
Description: 

COUNTRY Financial is seeking Mobile Software Developer interns for Summer 2018 to be part of the team delivering technical web and mobile application solutions in our Digital Strategy program. These positions will be located in our DigitaLab at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL. As a Mobile Software Developer intern, you will be working with business partners, designers and IT to develop and test rich user interfaces across all digital devices for our COUNTRY Financial customers, representatives, and employees.

Responsibilities:
• Developing mobile applications (iOS and Android) along with web solutions that are high performing and meet technical standards
• Creating solid technical solutions by selecting the appropriate technology, leveraging our defined technology standards and knowledge of multiple programming tools and techniques
• Designing solutions after gathering business and technical requirements
• Supporting the development of test cases, execution and related problem solving during all phases of project testing in alignment with overall test plans

Requirements:
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Must be actively pursuing a college degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the duration of the internship
• Experience working with some of the following:
o Cordova, Angular, PhoneGap, Ionic, Node, React
o Java, JavaScript, JSON, Rest, CSS, HTML5, XML
o Spring / SpringBoot
o Eclipse / Spring Tool Suite
o Maven, Gradle

• A working knowledge of the following is preferred:
o Cloud-Native Architectures and micro-services
o Cloud Platforms (PaaS) – Pivotal Cloud Foundry
o Version Control tooling (Git, SVN)
o Agile development process
o Infrastructure & middleware technologies utilized in providing application services
o Deployment methodologies and tooling, including DevOps for CI/CD
o Multiple database architectures, structured and unstructured

Data Analyst Summer Intern

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Category: 
Data/Analytics
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
julia.hart@countryfinancial.com
Description: 

COUNTRY Financial is seeking Data Analyst interns for Summer 2018. These positions will be located in our DigitaLab at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL. As a Data Analyst you will be working with business partners, designers, and IT to develop and test data solutions for our COUNTRY Financial customers, representatives, and employees.

As a Data Analyst intern at COUNTRY Financial, you will:

• Deep dive into competitive intelligence for our personal lines products
• Deliver creative data visualizations in Tableau (or other formats)
• Conduct analysis to gain quicker, streamlined understanding of our business results and trends

Requirements:
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Must be actively pursuing a college degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the duration of the internship
• Experience gathering data and building creative solutions
• Previous experience with Tableau or ability to quickly learn Tableau data visualization software
• Understanding and knowledge of databases, data modeling, and statistical concepts
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

UX/Design Summer Intern

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Category: 
User Experience/Graphic Design
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
julia.hart@countryfinancial.com
Description: 

COUNTRY Financial is seeking User Experience / Design interns for Summer 2018 to be part of the team delivering technical web and mobile application solutions. These positions will be located in our DigitaLab at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL. As a UX/Design intern, you will be working with business partners, designers and IT to create, design and test digital experiences for our COUNTRY Financial customers, representatives, and employees.

You will need to be able to create flows, wireframes, comps and conduct usability testing using tools provided. You will be part of a collaborative team who is passionate about the digital experience.

Responsibilities:
• Assists in the planning and execution of rapid iterative usability testing. Responsible for flows, wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes, use cases, etc.
• Delivers and maintains user-friendly, effective, efficient, error tolerant and engagement interface design and applications for our clients and visitors
• Creates, improves and streamlines processes to maximize customer experience
• Delivers small to medium scale interfaces/applications which are consumer friendly, well-integrated and reusable, ensuring they comply with business objectives, positively promote the COUNTRY Financial brand and follow brand standards
• Researches trends and improvements in applicable technology capabilities to speed the delivery of consistent interfaces across COUNTRY systems
• Troubleshoots and recommends fixes to problems relating to existing interfaces/applications

Requirements:
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Must be actively pursuing a college degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for the duration of the internship
• Familiar with:
o Adobe Creative Suite and Axure
o Online testing tools like Usability Hub, User Zoom, etc.
• Experience with user centered design, and creating wireframes and design comps
• Experience with usability testing and other methodologies
• Experience in web content, marketing, e-commerce, digital marketing, graphic arts, usability, social media or gamification (or the equivalent) is preferred

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