Ohalogenetics

Ohalogenetics

Agronomy & Field Trial Technician

Watsonville, CA · Full-time

No sponsorship$24k-$33kDetected 6 days ago
ResearchCommunicationAgronomy

About the role

  • The anticipated base pay range for this role is $24.00 - $33.00 per hour for our Watsonville location.
  • This range reflects multiple levels within this role.
  • About Ohalo: Ohalo™ aims to accelerate evolution to unlock nature's potential.

Responsibilities

  • Support trial planting, including printing plot stakes and labels, seed handling, and planting equipment setup.
  • Help maintain field equipment and ensure trial sites are labeled, mapped, and maintained to protocol.

Requirements

  • Recent college graduate with no prior experience or non-graduate with 2+ years of hands-on field agronomy experience.
  • Coursework or hands-on experience in agronomy, plant science, horticulture, or a related field.
  • Familiarity with potato or other row-crop production systems.
  • Comfortable performing physically active outdoor work, including bending, lifting (up to ~40 lbs), and walking fields for extended periods.
  • Well-organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to follow standardized data collection protocols consistently and manage multiple simultaneous projects.
  • Basic computer skills for recording and organizing field data.
  • Good communication skills and ability to work well as part of a small field team.
  • Willingness to travel to trial sites as needed (up to 20%).
  • Valid driver's license.
  • The anticipated base pay range for this role is $24.00 - $33.00 per hour for our Watsonville location. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs. This range reflects multiple levels within this role.
  • About Ohalo:
  • Ohalo™ aims to accelerate evolution to unlock nature's potential. Founded in 2019, Ohalo develops novel breeding systems and improved plant varieties that help farmers grow more food with fewer natural resources, increasing the yield, resiliency, and genetic diversity of crops to sustainably feed our population. Ohalo's breakthrough technology, Boosted Breeding™, will usher in a new era of improved productivity to radically transform global agriculture. For more information, visit www.ohalo.com.

Nice to have

  • Preferred Experience
  • Experience with breeding or agronomic field trials is a plus, including familiarity with plot-based research, GPS-based field mapping, installing soil temperature and moisture sensors, or basic soil/tissue sampling.

Compensation

  • The anticipated base pay range for this role is $24.00 - $33.00 per hour for our Watsonville location.

Benefits

  • Conduct in-season data collection (e.g., stand counts, crop health observations, growth staging) using standardized protocols.

Company info

  • Ohalo™ aims to accelerate evolution to unlock nature's potential.
  • Founded in 2019, Ohalo develops novel breeding systems and improved plant varieties that help farmers grow more food with fewer natural resources, increasing the yield, resiliency, and genetic diversity of crops to sustainably feed our population.
  • Ohalo's breakthrough technology, Boosted Breeding™, will usher in a new era of improved productivity to radically transform global agriculture.
  • For more information, visit www.ohalo.com.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • No visa sponsorship is available for this position at this time.
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