Position opening: Field scanner specialist
White, Jeffrey - ARS
The position below is to operate the world’s largest robotic field phenotyping scanner. The resulting data should have broad use for crop modeling.
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Best regards,
Jeff W
Jeffrey W. White, PhD
Research Plant Physiologist
USDA-ARS, ALARC
Field Scanner Operator (Applications Systems Analyst/Developer, Senior) (Maricopa, AZ)
https://uacareers.com/postings/27563
Please help recruit the best applicants possible and spread the word widely. It's an exciting time for a motivated candidate to step into the project, with 2 full sorghum summer seasons remaining and a lot of momentum and data to build upon.
Thanks,
Maria
Title Field Scanner Operator (Applications Systems Analyst/Developer, Senior) (Maricopa, AZ)
Department Agric & Biosystems Engr-Res (2422)
The candidate will operate and maintain a one-of-a-kind automated crop scanning system deployed in a gantry configuration over an entire acre, in an outdoor environment at the Maricopa Agricultural Center. This field scanner is a key component of the TERRA-REF project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, with numerous university partners at multiple sites across the country, and managed by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. The candidate will act as on-site engineering lead in ongoing scheduled and ad-hoc dialogs across the entire TERRA-REF team, and will oversee field scanner operations in support of research objectives that utilize advanced sensing technologies to accelerate plant breeding.
Working closely with the University of Arizona Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator, the candidate will schedule and carry-out scanning operations needed to achieve scientific goals determined by the TERRA-REF team. The candidate will also ensure that sensor, data flow, or hardware system failures are identified in real time, and will ensure that corrective actions are identified and taken, in conjunction with the team and the vendor. He or she will take the lead in maintaining, troubleshooting and modifying software programs and networks for the robotic, sensor, and data control/storage systems, including the PLC/PC controllers and the local area network for system sensors and servers.
Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state retirement plan; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!
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