Location: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Head Office: Toronto, ON

Office time – Remote

Position type: Contract, Full Time

Dates: Mid-April – End of October 2023 (full-time contract with the possibility of a full time position)

Hi!

Are you looking for a new opportunity that will help you apply your skills, learn new ones, and advance your career?

Well… have we got the job for you! We are looking for Field Technicians to join our team. As one of the early members of Vivid Machines, your job will be to help us with field research, be our expert in all thing’s plants, and evaluate how our technology is performing.

We're Vivid Machines.

We're building cutting-edge technology, including spectral sensors and a state-of-the-art computer vision system and analytics platform, to help fruit growers with yield management, and detection of pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies. We have an aggressive goal to bring our products to the world quickly. Our vision is to revolutionize agricultural production to help growers solve food security globally!

Join our extraordinary team.

We're a rapidly growing venture-backed start-up headquartered in Toronto, Canada with customers in Canada, the US, and New Zealand. Our talented multidisciplinary team are leaders in computer vision, software, and hardware who work collaboratively with fruit growers globally to build products that will make a difference.

We value excellence, integrity, curiosity and passion, people who are open-minded then decisive, and the ability to iterate quickly and deliver. We're innovators on a mission!

We’re always looking for curious talented people who excel in their areas of unique expertise and who want to make an impact on the world with their work.

How you’ll make an impact.

As a Field technician, you will work closely with our customers to provide the best possible experience by carrying out a data collection plan and helping in-field with the deployment of the Vivid X system and collection of apple growth data. You will also be responsible for demoing product to potential customers and potential investors. You will help interpret the results for growers, and support with information on how they may use the data to improve their operations.

You will also work closely with our data annotation and engineering teams to provide feedback and direction on what you discover in the field, and how we may make improvements to data collection, annotation, and our overall sensor and computer vision system.

If you’re curious, and enjoy a combination of hands-on fieldwork, customer relationship development, team collaboration, project planning, and analysis, this role is for you!

What you’ll be doing:

• First things first: you will get full training on our tools and technology, then have shadowing sessions with the team.
• Once you are up to speed, you will have 6 main responsibilities:
  

Starting in April, you will be trained in the field and in the office on how to use the technology. From May – October, you will be working 8-hour days from Monday to Friday, and you’ll need a driver’s license and vehicle for your time in the field, which we expect will be 3-5 days per week (great for outdoor enthusiasts!) depending on the weather. Your infield work will be at an orchard closest to where you live. Your office days will be remote.

What you need to bring:

• A deep respect for farmers and farming, and a passion for agronomy and agriculture technology.
• An excellent understanding of plant physiology, and related pests, diseases, and the impact of nutrient deficiencies
• An excellent understanding of Excel
• Curiosity about the latest developments in artificial intelligence and hardware technology, and how they can be applied to solve big problems in agriculture
• A willingness to roll up your sleeves and try things – whether it’s driving an ATV, testing mechanical components, troubleshooting technology, or working with a grower to learn more about fruit production.
• You’re comfortable working in an environment where things move fast, and you can roll up your sleeves and get things done! You’ve got this!
• You love to work outside and are highly motivated and target driven
• A valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle

People from all backgrounds can succeed at Vivid Machines. We believe differences and diversity help build excellent businesses.

Why do you want to work at Vivid Machines?

• You will be offered a competitive salary
• You will learn about cutting-edge technology including artificial intelligence, and how it can be applied to solve problems and develop products
• You can help build an amazing product in a company that plans to change the world

Where to go from here?

If this description got you excited to learn more, apply here!

We want to ensure it’s a good fit on both sides, so you get a job you love, and we offer you a place you’re proud to work at.

Vivid Machines is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values inclusion and diversity. Vivid Machines is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities in the course of employment, including in recruitment and hiring. If, as a result of a disability, you require accommodation in order to apply for this role and/or participate in the recruitment process, please contact anita@vivid-machines.com.