There are 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we’re all about at John Deere. And it’s why we’re investing in our people and our technology like never before in our 175-year history. Here the world’s brightest minds are tackling the world’s biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we’ll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.

Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois (US-IL) - Champaign
Function: Information Technology
Title: Part Time Student - Innovation Developer - Champaign, IL - 29237

Your Responsibilities

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff, and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule. In this position you will:

• Research, investigate, evaluate, and test new and emerging technology solutions
• Assist Customer and Product Support Solutions with various activities

What it Takes

We need excellent communicators, who thrive on solving problems and working in a team environment. Ideally, you will be pursuing a degree in Information Technology or Computer Science; others may apply. In addition, we require:

• Must be registered as a full-time student at a local university
• Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis
• Graduation date of May 2018 or later
• Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
• 16 - 20 hours/week during the academic year
• 35 - 40 hours/week during the summer semester
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word

A strong candidate will also have:

• Knowledge of web application infrastructure software concepts
• Knowledge of mobile application development (iOS and/or Android)
• Experience with modern front-end development including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and common libraries such as jQuery

What You'll Get

At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. We offer comprehensive relocation and reward packages to help you get started on your new career path. Click here to find out more about our Total Rewards Package.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.

John Deere is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Public Health and Social Media Engagement Intern

Abbott Laboratories, UIUC Research Park

Job ID Number: 500003

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 94,000 people.

Position Summary:

Abbott Nutrition is seeking a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) student to help support External Engagement and Scientific and Medical Affairs teams in developing strategy for social media and public health policies to increase scientific leadership in these areas.

A Public Health and Social Media Engagement intern will be responsible for:

• Partnering with staff members within Abbott Nutrition External Engagement and other groups to drive development of social media and public health strategies

• Conduct cross-functional interviews with AN teams to gather inputs and search externally for best practiced guidelines

• Produce final slide deck for proposal of 2018 strategies

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

• Personally-assigned workstation in a modern style office space

• Valuable experience in the global healthcare industry

Qualifications:

• Must be a current UIUC student

• MS or Ph.D. in Nutrition, Public Health, or a related health or science discipline

• Experience with social media management and strategy preferred

• Knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office applications

• Works independently and responds well to feedback

• Self-motivated, reliable, and able to meet deadlines

• Excellent verbal/written English language skills

Start Date/Duration: Summer or Fall 2017

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: “Public Health and Social Media Engagement Intern 500003”.

We are a Blockchain Startup Company focussed on verifying transactions on Ethereum Blockchain. We are seeking a Project Manager for our Data Center Operations in Champaign, IL. 
 

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule and manage projects to meet deadline and technical requirements which includes responsibility for testing, commissioning 
• Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. 
• Builds and maintains working relationships with team members, vendors, and others involved in the projects. 
• Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.
• Proactively manage the execution of project plans for multiple projects
• Create and maintain roadmaps with input from project stakeholders
• Help create and maintain requirement lists
• Monitor the status, risks, and resources for the entire life cycle of projects
• Create and maintain tickets with the appropriate deadlines, watchers, and details needed to execute projects
• Set up development sprints
• Identify, convey, and track project milestones
• Prepare agendas for meetings and lead the meetings as needed
• Collect detailed notes from meetings with discussion details, decisions made, next steps, and action items
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams within the company
• Establish, document, and improve internal processes
• Maintain project pages and dashboards
• Monitor performance and project metrics

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Project Management experience with excellent organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills.
• Working knowledge of engineering and design of Data Centers will be helpful.
• Ability to work under pressure, accept change, communicate problems, and accept instruction when needed.
• Ability to utilize others for task/project completion, delegate responsibility to complete tasks for planned deadlines, lead field service personnel for installation and training of Data Center Equipment, and motivate others to complete required tasks.
• Ability to make decisions on technical and project requirements, schedule, resource allocation, solutions to problems
• Ability to plan, schedule and manage projects to meet deadline/technical requirements and follow procedures to assure thorough, error-free work.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings.
• Must have excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills to communicate at all levels to ensure deadlines are met.
• Must have self-confidence with leadership abilities and the ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Must be comfortable taking charge, making good decisions and formulating creative solutions to day-to-day problems.
• Must be able to work in a Data Center environment dealing with difficult situations and solving problems.
• Must have good mechanical aptitude to effectively create concepts, outline requirements, plan projects and solve problems.
• Ability to physically move 25+ kg. (60+ lbs.)

• Strong working knowledge of physical IT infrastructures (e.g. Servers, SANs, Networking, etc.) will be helpful

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a dynamic and high-pressure environment is essential

• Design and implement direct email marketing campaigns
• Proofread communication for clarity, grammar and spelling
• Upgrade email templates using graphics, personalization and advanced features
• Update website content and graphics, monitoring performance and results
• Maintain website appearance, enforcing content and display standards
• Other tasks as required by the Lead Communications Designer, Chief Social Scientist or Management

• Excellent written communication and copyediting skills
• Knowledge and understanding of current trends in digital media/social media
• Previous experience as an email and/or social media marketing
• Experience with HTML and content management systems
• Knowledge of SEO/SEM and Google Analytics
• Strong project management skills
• An ability to work under tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Familiar with Microsoft Office Suite; comprehensive knowledge of Word

• Champaign, IL

• High school or equivalent

• Office Applications: 2 years
• Email Marketing: 3 years

Application deadline: July 28th, 2017 

To apply: email your resume to hr-internal@commongroundpublishing, with the subject line "Assistant Communications Designer"

As the leader of the Engineering team, you will play a critical role in the development of open source and commercial applications, as well as consulting engagements with clients that rely on our distinct mix of expertise and experience. You will report directly to the CEO, and you will be leading 3 key teams: 1. Software Development, 2. Software Quality Assurance, and 3. DevOps

Key Responsibilities: 

• Maximize productivity and efficiency of the team, and be able to prove it
• Minimize roadblocks
• Deliver software and insights (i.e. research) to meet the needs of our clients as well as our product roadmap
• Deliver high-quality and unit-tested code, resolve defects quickly and thoroughly, and continuously improve testing effectiveness and efficiency
• Champion tools and processes to support continuous development and release management
• Create a culture where people don’t just point out problems, but look for and work towards a solution
• Foster an environment of collaboration and trust between your team and the rest of the organization

Top 5 Things Every Candidate Should Have:

1. Managed team of 10+ engineers (retain, hire, fire, develop, offshore, culture) and concurrent project load of 5+ projects (ability to see interdependencies, cross-training, planning, risk mitigation, juggling)
2. Worked as hands-on developer for 5+ years on complex engineering problems
3. Demonstrated mastery of modern engineering process: Agile Scrum + Kanban
4. Bring positive energy and enthusiasm to every challenge, with excellent communication skills
5. Experience across the full software lifecycle: Architecture, Programming, QA, DevOps

The HDF Story:
The Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) was originally developed in 1987 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with the goal of addressing the growing need to effectively manage very large and complex scientific and engineering data. Organizations in commercial industry, government and academia adopted HDF for many applications demanding high performance data management software. HDF supports all types of digital data, regardless of origin, size or complexity, from remote sensing data collected by satellites and computational results from nuclear testing models, to high-resolution MRI brain scans and financial time series data. To ensure full consideration, please submit a resume, cover letter, salary history and references to DE@hdfgroup.org. The HDF Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging applications from veterans, minorities, females, and individuals with disabilities.

As a Mobile Developer working at John Deere’s Innovation Center in Champaign, IL, you will have front row seats to bringing the digital revolution to farming. You will support and sometimes lead projects with complex software challenges that help deliver a “connected experience” for John Deere’s customers. We are looking for individuals who enjoy tackling interesting problems, such as helping farmers with logistics during harvest (GrainTruckPlus on iOS & Android) or connecting the lawn care experience (MowerPlus on iOS & Android). If you are passionate about mobile software development and are looking for interesting problems to solve, please continue reading.

You will:

·       Develop, support and augment mobile app solutions such as GrainTruckPlus, PlanterPlus, and MowerPlus

·       Work closely with other mobile developers, UX staff, product/vehicle engineers, and strategic suppliers to deliver mobile app solutions to market 

·       Plan, design, implement and test system components of various degrees of complexity

You should be able to demonstrate experience with:

·       Development in iOS (e.g., at least 1 year of experience, and/or significant involvement in delivering at least 1 app to the App Store)

·       Broad knowledge of features available in Apple’s Frameworks and of best practices for Cocoa Touch and Foundation

Ideally, you also have:

·       BS degree or equivalent

·       Experience with other languages such as C++, Python, Java

·       Experience in mobile development for Android

·       Experience with revision control systems such as GitHub

·       Broad knowledge of features available in Apple’s Frameworks and of best practices for Cocoa Touch and Foundation

·       1-3 years of experience in aspects of the mobile lifecycle such as application structure, debugging, performance, security, accessibility and deployment

·       1-3 years of experience in one or more of the following: Using RESTful APIs, Bluetooth LE, Location Services

This is a Full-Time Contract Position (with opportunity to become permanent).

Location: Champaign IL

Travel: less than 10%

Please send your resume and cover letter to Howard R. Gerwin at GerwinHowardR@JohnDeere.com

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

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

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 Fullstack 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.

• 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.

• 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
• 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

Position Announcement: Researcher

Job Description:
The John Deere Technology Innovation Center (JDTIC), located at Research Park on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, is seeking a qualified graduate student to join our team as a dedicated agronomy researcher. This role will consist of using agronomic literature, both scientific and popular press, to develop business opportunities. The focus will be on synthesis of agronomic literature to develop innovative solutions for our customers.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Library & Information Sciences
• Crop Sciences
• Agricultural Engineering

What you will do:
• Research and organize literature on agricultural topics.
• Synthesize literature into meaningful summaries.
• Engage in active research projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Perform other business or technology related research on an as-needed basis.

Educational/Experience Requirements:
• Pursuing graduate degree in information sciences, an agricultural discipline such as crop sciences or agricultural engineering, or other relevant graduate program.
• Coursework/experience with conducting literature reviews.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) to document and communicate results.
• Demonstrated strong work ethic and high quality work.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team environment.
• Good communication skills and enthusiasm to learn new topics.

Salary and Benefits:
Pay rate commensurate with experience.
This is a full-time summer position (40 hrs/week) and part-time semester position (16-20 hrs/week).
All work will be performed at JDTIC in Research Park.

About Us: More information about John Deere can be found at http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/corporate/our_company/our_company.page

Contact: Please submit cover letter and resume to HosekJamieL@JohnDeere.com.