Product Development Agronomy Remote Sensing Intern

About Pivot Bio:  

Fueled by an innovative drive and a deep understanding of the soil microbiome, Pivot Bio is pioneering game-changing advances in agriculture. Our products harness the power of naturally occurring microbes to provide nutrients to crops and new sustainable ways for farmers to reduce the usage of fertilizers as they work to help feed the world’s growing population.

Read/Hear more about Pivot Bio on Forbes or PBS News Hour. 

Position:  Agronomy Remote Sensing Intern; Preferred location:  Remote

Summer 2022 Internship May - August 2022 

The agronomy field team needs immediate help to expand our remote sensing activities to better characterize research plot locations and better understand product performance.  Focus will be on improving and automating workflows related to UAV remote sensing data.

Responsibilities: 

In this role, an intern will: 

• Assist in developing and automating workflows related to agricultural remote sensing including, mosaicking, calculating vegetative indices, and temporal analyses
• Assist in data ingestion and quality control
• Support agronomist and trial managers with periodic field observations and updates
• Develop a field-based learning project and present project objective and results upon

completion of internship

• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands: 

• As needed walking, scouting, sampling, and working in production corn fields with varying summer elements
• Driving between farm sites and other locations as needed
   

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Having career experience or currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or higher degree in one of the following: Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Crop Sciences, Soil Science, Ecology, Geography, GIS, Remote Sensing, and/or related field
• Must have high attention to detail
• Must be able to learn technical skills of equipment operation
• Preferred, experience in agriculture and/or research field trials
• Preferred, experience operating UAVs, RTK GNSS, and advanced sensors
• Preferred, experience working with remotely sensed data in a geospatial software
• Strong verbal and communication skills 

What we offer: 

• Opportunity to gain professional experience in a progressive company
• Exciting opportunity to work with a talented and fun team