Cropping Systems Modeller
CSIRO
- Canberra, ACT
- $110,038-119,080 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Contribute to innovative scientific research achievements that are aligned with CSIRO's strategies.
- Use your experience in cropping systems modelling.
- Join CSIRO - Australia's leading scientific research organisation!
- Developing or improving crop and farming systems models to enhance the predictive capabilities.
- Conducting cropping systems modelling to evaluate multiple crop species in Australian broadacre farming system and to determine what aspects of the crop and system could be improved.
- Developing novel solutions in the design of crops, cropping systems and management strategies, and address systems level questions.
- Publishing results in relevant international scientific venues (high-level journals and conferences).
- Carrying out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to CSIRO that will, where possible, lead to novel and important scientific outcomes.
- Collaborating with members of a diverse project team and external partners to ensure research directions can lead to lasting impact in application domains.
- Communicate effectively and respectfully with all staff, clients, and suppliers in the interests of good business practise collaboration and enhancement of CSIRO's reputation.
- Adhere to the spirit and practice of CSIRO's Code of Conduct, Health, Safety and Environment procedures and policy, Diversity initiatives and Making Safety Personal goals.
- A PhD in a relevant discipline, such as crop eco-physiology, cropping systems, agricultural science, plant science, data science, and computer science.
- Demonstrated experience in conceptualizing, developing, and evaluating process-based models or model components for simulation of the key plant and soil processes that control productivity and environmental outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in applying systems modelling to assess performance of crops and cropping systems across different soil and climate regions.
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of contemporary approaches for data management and analysis (such as using R, python, javascript, etc.), and programming (e.g. C#).
- High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including at national and international conferences.
- A record of innovation and creativity, plus the ability & willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches into scientific investigations.
- An ability to deliver complex research components within projects in a timely manner, and the ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed research team.
- Current Australian drivers' licence or the ability and willingness to obtain one.
- Knowledge in genetics, genomics, and crop design and how crop modelling can be extended to integrate such knowledge and data.
- Experience in modelling plant-soil interactions.