About Inari...
Inari is the SEEDesign™ company. We embrace the diversity and complexity of nature in every aspect of our business to drive innovation – to push the boundaries of what is possible. Through our unrivaled technology platform, Inari uses predictive design and advanced multiplex gene editing to develop step-change products. We are taking a nature positive approach to unlock the full potential of seed that will transform the food system. The results will lead to more productive acres delivering value creation for farmers and a more sustainable future for our planet.
Our success is dependent on great minds, collaborating to generate bright ideas and deliver exceptional outcomes.
We have over 300 employees, with research sites in Cambridge, MA (USA) and Ghent (Belgium), as well as a product development site in West Lafayette, IN (USA). We’ve deliberately built a team that brings diversity of thought to all aspects of our business, to generate new ideas, approaches, and ways of operating. And we've intentionally combined experience with potential, bringing agriculture industry experts with the desire to innovate together with bright minds from academia, human therapeutics, software, and consulting. If you want to be part of a diverse and inclusive team developing unique solutions to feed the world while protecting our planet’s natural resources, we’d love to hear from you!
OVERVIEW:
We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated, and proactive Phenotyping Lead Scientist to join our growing Science team in Ghent, Belgium. This role is pivotal for developing 21st-century solutions to address global food challenges. As a scientific leader in plant phenotyping, you will support our design and discovery projects by developing, supervising, and executing phenotyping technologies and activities.
The Phenotyping Scientist will assess row crops such as soybean, maize and wheat. The main responsibility will be to connect phenotyping approaches and technologies with the need to evaluate crop performance and physiological traits. The phenotyping scientist will therefore play a key role in identifying and developing fit-for-purpose phenotyping technologies to address crop scientists' needs. Additionally, the phenotyping scientist will ensure coordination, quality, and execution of the phenotyping activities and implementation of these technologies. You will manage priorities in collaboration with Project Leads and support the development of a long-term strategic framework for phenotyping. A unique mixture of hands-on and strategic mindset is an essential requirement for this role.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Technology Integration and Development: Continuously evaluate, onboard and when needed develop custom fit-for-purpose phenotyping technologies to improve our phenotyping pipeline.
- Strategic Framework: Support the development of a long-term strategic framework for phenotyping.
- Phenotyping Activities: Develop, improve, execute, and oversee various phenotyping activities.
- Experimental Design: Design phenotyping experiments in collaboration with Design and Discovery project leads.
- Team Coordination: Ensure communication, alignment, and coordination with operational teams.
- Project Alignment: Coordinate requests from Project Leads to ensure alignment with project needs.
- Compliance and Excellence: Ensure regulatory and safety compliance and operational excellence through continuous improvement of phenotyping SOPs.
- Site Alignment: Align phenotyping activities across three different sites (US, Belgium).
- Record Keeping: Maintain detailed, accurate, and comprehensible records of all experiments and results according to the FAIR principles.
- Platform Improvement: Identify and implement improvements in platform activities, such as analysis methods and general workflows.
REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Education: MSc. in Industrial, electrical, civil engineering or equivalent by experience with a demonstrated affinity for plants and plant phenotyping. Alternatively, candidates with degrees in biological sciences are also welcome to apply provided demonstrated capability in electrical engineering which will be essential for the development of custom-made phenotyping solutions.
- Expertise: In-depth knowledge of plant phenotyping technologies with additional knowledge of plant physiology in crops desired. Coding skills: C, R/Phyton
Leadership: Proven ability to work independently, lead a team and coordinate projects to successful outcomes.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, tailored to the target audience.
- Adaptability: Ability to thrive and deliver results in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly multitasking environment.
- Team Player: Proactive, highly motivated, and strong team player with the ability to adapt to organizational needs.
- Functional Leadership: Experience leading functional projects requiring planning, organization, and communication with employees not directly reporting to you.
- Problem-Solving: Demonstrated innovative, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Time Management: Excellent time management and organizational skills.
ADDITIONAL DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Statistics: Proficiency in statistical analysis.
- High Throughput Phenotyping: Experience with high throughput phenotyping.
- Industry Experience: Previous experience in a similar role within the industry
FOR U.S. CANDIDATES: Please note that we use the resume you submit with your application during our background check process. To ensure an efficient and accurate background verification, we kindly ask that you carefully review and accurately represent your work history, education and other relevant information on your resume. Any discrepancies or inaccuracies found during the background check may impact your candidacy for the position.
