Senior Crop Scientist

As a member of the Sciences team, you will develop new research capabilities in life/biological science, and conduct R&D in crop science to improve yield productivity, increase crop quality, and validate new technology. You will work together with business development, farm operations, and engineering teams to further the field of high-technology farming. Your research findings will be applied to our partner farms, contributing to productivity gain and quality improvement.
- What we Expect from you?
- Develop in-house research capabilities in life/biological science (with immediate focus on microbiology), e.g. setting up of new laboratory infrastructure, microorganisms culturing, development of microbial techniques and methodology
- Explore new ideas through literature review and learning from other knowledge sources to improve crop yield productivity and increase crop quality
- Design and conduct experiments, collect and analyse data to determine the effects of genetics and environment on crop yield and quality
- Conduct technical due diligence and validate emerging technology
- Mentor and guide crop scientists in their R&D work
- Requirements
- PhD in life/biological science with research experience in microbiology
- Strong critical thinking skills to develop hypotheses and solutions in an ambiguous and dynamic environment
- Able to assess new information and solve problems using scientific methods
- Able to learn new knowledge quickly, i.e. be both specialist and generalist
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Bonus Requirements
- Knowledge in plant genetics, plant physiology and/or plant pathology
- Work experience in high growth environments e.g. startup
- Business acumen

**Software Engineer**:

- What we Expect from you?- Designing page wireframes/layouts and custom graphics, formatting content, quality assurance testing, translating wireframes to web-apps to be used by our own staff
- Improving current IoT infrastructure for our indoor farm
- Working with external collaborators to integrate modules into our web-apps
- Developing APIs for IoT components to interact with
- Requirements- Diploma in relevant computing programmes
- Must be able to work in a team environment
- Must demonstrate good communications skills
- Demonstrated skills in software design & development
- Comfortable with Unix command line (eg Linux)
- Some experience in NodeJS, MySQL, MongoDB, HTML
- Working knowledge of JQuery, Bootstrap
- Bonus Requirements- Working knowledge in Angular or React
- Knowledge of Python, NoSQL, Git and Amazon Web Services S3, EC2
- Basic Photoshop/ GIMP photo manipulation skills
- Basic knowledge of Machine/Deep Learning (Tensorflow, Keras, etc)
- Basic knowledge of Embedded Systems Programming
- Basic knowledge of Networking (Port Forwarding, Static IPs, etc)
- Basic understanding of Version Control, Git is preferred

**Supply Chain Manager (Agriculture)**:
In conjunction with Archisen’s expansion plan, we are setting up a new business unit to sell high quality agriculture supplies. The manager will be working closely with the operations, business development, and technical teams to develop the new business unit.
- What we Expect from you?- Develop the company’s new agriculture supplies business in collaboration with operations, business development, and technical teams. Business activities include procurement, supply chain management, break bulking, processing, order fulfilment, inventory management, distribution, and quality control
- Set up and maintain production facilities
- Hire, train, and manage operators
- Collaborate with other departments to create new product offerings, validate new suppliers/methodology, and improve SOPs
- Assess continuously business activities and find ways to improve efficiency and productivity
- Requirements- Diploma/Degree/Masters in operation related fields or other relevant technical fields.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in business management and production operations
- Experience in operations management, supply chain management, inventory management, and/or procurement
- Able to integrate knowledge and requirements from different business functions to synthesise new insights
- Humble team-player who is meticulous, keen to learn and hard-working
- Bonus Requirements- Experience in managing a new business unit or startup
- Experience in agriculture or horticulture related fields

**Urban Farmer Operator**:
As an urban farmer, you will be involved in planting, production, and housekeeping tasks in a clean and air-conditioned environment. You will be working closely in teams with other urban farmers, technicians, farm leaders and the farm manager to ensure smooth operations of the farm.
- What we Expect from you?- Perform planting tasks (seeding, movement, transplanting and harvesting) together with other farm operators
- Process and pack finished salad products
- Groom and maintain crops in a designated space
- Check production parameters prior