Agronomist - Irrigation expert
The Company
Manna Irrigation, a leading Agtech software company, is now hiring an agronomist, Irrigation expert.
Manna has developed a software-only solution for a very physical problem – help growers with their most difficult irrigation decisions. Standard solutions in the market require the users to install and maintain expensive hardware in their fields. Manna users don’t need to. The cloud-based software offering is based on deep remote sensing technology, agronomy models and cloud computing, and is currently in use by thousands of growers in more than 15 countries.
Manna Irrigation is backed by the global irrigation leader Rivulis, which is owned by Temasek (a $300 billion international investment company from Singapore).
Manna offices are located in Kibbutz Gvat, Emek Izrael.
The hired person will be a member of Manna’s science and research team.
Responsibilities
• Field work including in-field measurements
• Managing and monitoring field experiments in Israel and abroad
• Conducting research with irrigation and agronomic orientation
• Developing and improving irrigation and crop models
• Potential to work closely with customers in Israel and around the world
Skills and Qualifications
• MSc. in Agriculture or BSc. with at least 5 years of experience in agriculture/Agtech
• Experience with hands-on farming, specifically in irrigation management
• Experience in research methodologies and data organization
• Good capabilities in Excel analysis
• Creativity and independence
• Good English writing and speaking
Advantages
• Experience with geostatistical tools (ArcGIS, QGIS)
• Familiarity with various irrigation systems
• Experience with popular statistical processing programs/languages (Python, MATLAB, R)