About KWS KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. With the tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 160 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, potato, rapeseed, sunflowers and vegetables. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods. 5.700 employees represent KWS in more than 70 countries. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.
Scientist Beet Quality Analysis (all gender) Field of Work: Research & Development
Location: Einbeck, Lower Saxony, DE
ID: 7862
Are you communicative and want to contribute your knowledge to one of the leading seed companies? Than be our new
Scientist (all gender) for Beet Quality Analysis! We are seeking to recruit at the earliest convenience on a full-time basis a
Scientist (all gender) for Beet Quality Analysis to support our Chemistry group of
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA in our headquarter
Einbeck/Germany for a limited time of two years as parental leave representative. As Scientist (all gender) for Beet Quality Analysis you will be responsible for development, application and control of spectroscopic and optical analysis techniques particularly the Beetrometer® to assess and manage technical quality of Sugarbeets for KWS business units and for external customers (e.g. sugar factories)
That awaits you in the position:- Calibration, validation, data analysis and further development of existing mobile (Beetrometer®) and stationery NIRS applications for on-line monitoring of quality parameters
- Supporting internal team of Business Development to commercialize the Beetrometer® (presenting results on conferences, visiting potential customers)
- Planning, conduction, analysis and result presentation of trials for customer specific Beetrometer® applications
- Contact person for customers, including support and troubleshooting via telephone, email and face-to-face
- Further development of the technology in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
- Work in an international team
Bring in your strength: - University degree in process analytical technology, agronomy, biotechnology, chemistry, physics, process engineering or comparable
- Experience in the application of optical measurement systems, particularly near-infrared spectroscopy
- Experience in the field of chemometrics and multivariate calibration or machine learning, ideally with Matlab
- Knowledge of sugar beet technology is an advantage
- Professional written and verbal English is mandatory, additional language skills (German in particular) are a plus
- Effective communication and intercultural skills
- Willingness to travel globally
What do we offer in exchange?- As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere.
- True to our motto Make yourself grow, we support employees’ professional and personal development.
- We offer excellent work equipment, a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location.
- We offer a capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, childcare allowance and a job bike.