Agriculture is all about balance. The balance that is crucial to everyone's existence - also applies to our Agricultural Solutions division. We connect innovative thinking with practical action to find the right balance for success - for farmers, agriculture and future generations.
With seeds and traits, crop protection and digital solutions, we help farmers produce food more efficiently, protect the land and meet the needs of society.
Responsibilities
During your internship opportunity with a duration of 3-6 months, you will become acquainted with several tasks within our Crop Protection unit, giving you the chance to apply your theoretical knowledge in the daily business. BASF xarvio Digital Farming is one of the world's leading groups in delivering digital agricultural solutions.
- You will support a weed management project in terms of dataset handling.
- Dataset handling includes annotation, examination and monitoring of the drone based dataset
- For outstanding students there might be an opportunity to extend the collaboration to a Master's thesis or working student arrangement within the Data Science or Agronomy team based in Cologne, Germany
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's student in the area of IT or Agronomy
- experienced in handling IT standard applications, programming knowledge is a plus
- willingness to learn Agronomic knowledge
- strong communicational skills in English
Benefits
- Responsibility from day one in a "real-world" scenario and on the job training in a committed team.
- Interacting with multiple stakeholders including the data scientists, drone flight coordinators and flight technicians.
- Support of all employees by using different measures to ensure the balance of professional and private life.
- Competitive compensation including attractive benefits as well as excellent career opportunities in an international company.
About us
xarvio Digital Farming Solutions powered by BASF is at the forefront of the digital transformation of agriculture optimizing crop production. xarvio offers digital products, based on a global leading crop model platform, which deliver independent field-zone-specific agronomic advice enabling farmers to produce their crops most efficiently and sustainable.
The xarvio products SCOUTING, FIELD MANAGER and HEALTHY FIELDS are being used by farmers in more than 100 countries worldwide. Working at BASF Digital Farming GmbH is equally as innovative as our products: we have a global network and work with agile methodologies in a start-up atmosphere. Join our team!
At BASF, the chemistry is right. Because we are counting on innovative solutions, on sustainable actions, and on connected thinking. And on you. Become a part of our formula for success and develop the future with us.