Position Announcement: Precision Agriculture & GIS Scientist
Job Description:
The John Deere Technology Innovation Center (JDTIC), located at Research Park on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, is seeking a Precision Agriculture & GIS Scientist to join our team. This role will consist of using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), statistical techniques, and agronomic knowledge to develop business opportunities. The focus will be on application of these concepts to increasing agricultural productivity and finding innovative solutions for our customers.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Spatial (GIS) Modeling
- Agronomy
- Agricultural Equipment
- Statistics (Regression, Mixed Models, Experimental Design)
- Computer Science
What you will do:
- Develop, organize, and maintain multi-project, geospatial databases.
- Develop processes and code to scale multi-project work, including integration of climate, topography, soils, crop productivity, and equipment information.
- Conduct GIS and statistical analyses of agronomic and equipment datasets.
- Plan and execute short-term, small team research projects.
- Develop presentations and communicate results to engineering and product teams.
- Engage in active research projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Mentor and guide other team members on research work.
Educational/Experience Requirements:
- M.S. or Ph.D. in quantitative and/or agronomic discipline, such as computer science, geography, statistics, crop sciences, agricultural engineering.
- Experience with GIS in either closed source or open source (e.g. ESRI, QGIS).
- Experience with statistical programming and analysis.
- Able to program, preferably in programming languages such as Python, R, SAS, SQL, MATLAB.
- Experience with experimental design, statistical model building, data visualization
- Experience with farm operations for crop production (e.g. corn, soybean, wheat)
- Ability to use Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) to document and communicate results.
- Driven to create examples, and demonstrations to help management better understand the work.
- Being able to work autonomously and in a team environment.
- Good communication skills and enthusiasm to learn new technologies.
Salary and Benefits:
Pay rate commensurate with experience.
This is a full-time (40 hrs/week) contract position.
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 contact ArmstrongKevinL@JohnDeere.com about this position.