Reporting lines and interactions

This role will report to the Image & Data Collection Team Leader based in Switzerland. Internally, close collaboration with other members of the pre- and after-sales team and other teams of Ecorobotix Inc. is required. Externally, interaction with dealers, farmers, partners, associations, trade shows, Agronomist and CCA’s among others is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the work of collecting images and data, including:

-Prospect and contacting producers to capture images of their crops.

-Maintaining all the equipment.

-Make report and be aware of the crop cultivation plan in the states.

• 50-80% required travel within given territory with occasional travel outside given territory.

Qualifications

• High School diploma
• Knowledge and interest in agricultural botany (crops and weeds).
• Experience with image acquisition.
• Knowledge of IT tools (tablets with internal software, smartphones) to manage communications and necessary data.
• Have a strong knowledge or interest in horticultural and agricultural plants in general.
• Have a network of contacts in the agricultural and horticultural sector of your region.
• Must have a clean driving record.
• Must have a passport for international travel.
• Height of minimum 1,80m for the use of our image-capturing system.

Experience / Skills

• Knowledge of arable farming techniques (knowledge of weeds, weeding methods, different herbicide active ingredients, cultivation techniques, machinery, and the work of the producer in general).
• Autonomous, detail-oriented, collaborative, sociable, and eager to learn.
• Highly interested in innovation-related work and sensitive to industrial quality standards.
• Strongly interested in the agricultural sector and its challenges.
• Interested in imaging.
• Interested in robotics applications and embedded vision.
• Sensitive to environmental issues and green technologies with a strong interest in innovative machines.
• Analytical and structured approach to work with the ability to adapt quickly to changes.
• Dedicated person with systematic, goal-oriented working methods.