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Ames, Iowa, United States
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Build the Future of Agriculture
If you want your engineering work to move beyond the lab—onto real machines and into real farm fields—this is the role for you.
Who We Are
The Digital Ag Innovation Lab partners with leading agricultural companies to imagine, design, and deploy next-generation technologies for agriculture. Our team works at the intersection of applied engineering, industry collaboration, and the land-grant mission, moving ideas from concept to prototype to field deployment and ultimately into industry adoption.
Our vision is bold: to be the premier thought leader and partner in ag innovation.
Our mission guides everything we do: Innovate. Educate. Outreach.
We operate with four core values: Passion. Innovation. Collaboration. Excellence.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an R&D Systems Engineering Lead to develop people, grow technical capability, and lead projects focused on the development, integration, and field validation of advanced digital agriculture systems with industry partners.
As Digital Ag continues to grow, this hands-on engineering leadership role will strengthen both team capability and project execution. You will lead and develop engineers, technicians, and students, manage team capacity and resource planning, and advance technical quality while remaining actively engaged in engineering and technical decision-making. You will also lead selected projects from planning through delivery, managing schedules, resources, sponsor communication, technical decisions, and project outcomes across multiple technologies, equipment platforms, and industry sponsored programs.
What You'll Do
What You Bring
Preferred Qualifications
This is a term position with the expectation of long-term renewal.
Candidate will be hied as an R&D Engineer IV.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.
Application Instructions:
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Why Choose Iowa State University?
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