Field scientist – Londrina/PR [remoto]

PR l Paraná
Efetivo (CLT)
Engenheiro Agrônomo

Responsabilidades

• Evaluate new active ingredients, combinations, formulations, and application strategies, with strong emphasis on efficacy, selectivity, sustainability, and technical feasibility.
• Plan and execute field research and development programs throughout the growing seasons, working closely with the local team to ensure high-quality execution and data integrity.
• Coordinate and lead field work plan in alignment with project strategies and leaders – Principal Biologists and Regional Field Biology Leaders, to ensure scientific rigor and timely delivery.
• Promote an innovative mindset, continuously improving experimental design, field trial methodologies, workflows, and the adoption of analytical, digital, and artificial intelligence-based tools.
• Manage research contracts with public research institutions at the regional level, ensuring that investments are translated into robust, reliable, and decision-relevant data to a empresa’s needs.
• Establish active scientific collaborations with universities, research institutes, startups, and technology partners, fostering stakeholder engagement in product characterization, positioning, and validation.
• Represent a empresa in scientific forums, conferences, and technical committees, strengthening the company’s visibility, credibility, and reputation as a leader in agricultural innovation and sustainability.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of internally generated and third-party data into a empresa’s official databases, enabling informed and data-driven pipeline advancement.
• Maintain high standards of scientific and technical research documentation, ensuring traceability, regulatory compliance, data integrity, and adherence to a empresa’s global quality standards.
• Conduct field research studies involving new agrochemicals and biologicals in compliance with MAPA requirements, generating official efficacy reports to support product registration and submissions.
• Support and enable knowledge transfer from Research and Development to Agronomy, Marketing, Sales, and other functions, ensuring effective communication of positioning strategies across the organization.

Requisitos

• QUALIFICAÇÕES MÍNIMAS
  • Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy required.
  • Active CREA is required.
  • MSc degree in Plant Pathology required.
  • Solid technical expertise in plant pathology, including disease biology, etiology, epidemiology, host-pathogen interactions, and integrated disease management strategies across major crops of Brazil.
  • Demonstrated experience in applied scientific research for disease management in major row, specialty, and perennial crops, with proved hands-on involvement in field, greenhouse, and laboratory trials.
  • Strong analytical capability for experimental data analysis and interpretation, including use of statistical methods and data-analysis tools.
  • Advanced proficiency in English (oral and written) to be proved in the interview.
  • Proactive and collaborative professional profile, with excellent technical communication skills, strong planning and organizational abilities, and proven effectiveness working in diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
  • Availability for travel.
  • Driver’s License, Category B.
• QUALIFICAÇÕES PREFERENCIAIS
  • PhD degree is considered a plus.
  • Experience with artificial intelligence–based tools is an asset.
  • Spanish proficiency (oral and written) is an asset.