Scientist (m/f/d) for Digital Phenotyping (15124)
Scientist (m/f/d) for Digital Phenotyping (15124)
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Scientist (m/f/d) for Digital Phenotyping
Field of Work:Research & Development
Location: locationobj
Legal Entity: KWS SAAT SE (0001)
Contract Type: Regular
Is Full Time: Yes
Job ID: 15124
Are you driven by innovations in agriculture Do you want to take digital phenotyping to the next level
Plan your next career move with us and start as a Scientist (m/f/d) for Digital Phenotyping at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA. This is a permanent full-time position starting on May 1 2025 located at our headquarters in Einbeck Southern Lower Saxony.
As a Scientist you will shape the future of plant breeding by applying and developing digital phenotyping technology for our maize and oilseed crops.
Your Responsibilities - Challenge Meets Responsibility:
- Coordinate international digital routine phenotyping application in field trials for maize and oilseed crops.
- Develop new digital phenotyping methods in collaboration with breeders and technology experts.
- Implement new technologies for breeding applications.
- Collaborate with an international team of breeding stations breeders and researchers.
Your Profile - Competence Meets Personality:
- Masters or Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences Plant Breeding Agricultural Engineering Geodesy or related fields.
- Ideally you have some experience or interest in sensor technologies for phenotypic trait capture of plants and environmental characterization.
- Experience in planning conducting and analyzing field trials is advantageous.
- Excellent computer skills (MS Office) are essential; proven experience in statistical software (e.g. R) GIS databases (e.g. SQL) and scientific software (e.g. Python) is a plus.
- Excellent teamwork organizational initiative and communication skills.
- Fluent English is required for this role; German skills are a plus.
- Willingness to travel worldwide (up to 25%).
To help you grow with us... What can we offer you
- As a family-run company we live by the values of closeness reliability foresight and independence - a culture that is also practiced in reality for example through an open and friendly working atmosphere.
- True to the motto: Make yourself grow! we promote individual professional and personal development.
- As a foundation we offer excellent work equipment (ergonomic workstations multiple screens air conditioning the latest laboratory equipment) a fully subsidized canteen and ample free parking at the location.
- We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: capital-forming benefits Christmas and vacation bonuses.
Be part of the future at KWS! We welcome online applications through our tool SuccessFactors.
About KWS
KWS is one of the worlds leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around 1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet corn cereals vegetables oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants resistance to diseases pests and abiotic stress. To that end the company invested more than 300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: Follow us on LinkedIn at data privacy policy for candidates is available on Please select the country where the job you applied for is posted in and if applicable the specific business unit.
Employment Type
Full Time
