Digital Agriculture Expert; m​/f​/d

Legal Entity: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

Contract Type:
Regular

Full-time:
Yes

Onsite/Remote:
Onsite

Job

We are seeking a proactive, hands‑on Digital Agriculture Expert to drive the implementation, adoption, and maintenance of new technologies across our breeding station network. This role focuses on ensuring the effective use of new field technologies to create value for KWS.

This is a full‑time, permanent position based either at our headquarters in Einbeck (Lower Saxony) or our research breeding station in Seligenstadt (Bavaria), Germany.

• Plan, introduce, and implement precision agriculture technologies (e.g., Field Explorer, Phenotyping, Field Machinery, NIRS, Environment) within KWS fields.
• High presence in research fields to support users, solve problems, identify opportunities and foster close collaboration.
• Network within and beyond the breeding station landscape to identify synergies in the region and across stakeholders.
• Serve as a consultant for new technologies, assisting with cost and investment planning.
• Organize local technology tests and manage country‑specific permissions in collaboration with public agencies.
• Enhance user capabilities by providing regular training, technical expertise, and support materials for field activities across all crops. Maintain a strong field presence.
• Monitor technology adoption and usage in collaboration with key stakeholders (station managers, station experts, developers, and other functions).
• Troubleshoot and serve as main contact with internal developers and external providers particularly during sowing, season management, and harvesting.

• University degree in agricultural engineering, agronomy, or machinery engineering with a strong affinity for the agriculture industry.
• Knowledge and experience of agricultural equipment and steering systems (e.g., tractors, planters, harvesters).
• Experience with GIS, field mapping, drones, and other digital farming technologies.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% (to our breeding stations in Germany and be present in field activities).
• Fluency in English and German.
• Experience in training and supporting staff.
• Ability to facilitate interactive workshops with end‑users, ensuring engagement, alignment, and actionable outcomes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ideally, basic knowledge of process improvement and project management.

• As a family‑run company, we live by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight, and independence – a culture that is also practiced in reality, for example, through an open and friendly working atmosphere.
• True to the motto: "Make yourself grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development.
• As a foundation, we offer excellent work equipment (ergonomic workstations, multiple screens, air conditioning, the latest laboratory equipment), a fully subsidised canteen, and ample free parking at the location.
• We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: capital‑forming benefits, Christmas and vacation bonuses.