Third Level Researcher Specialized In Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning And Data Science Applied To Agricultural Systems

 Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM) is an international research center, a technical and vocational agricultural school and a technology transfer center that carries out service and consulting activities in the area. It has an experimental farm with plots located in various locations throughout the province, expanding the possibilities for research, experimentation and teaching.

About the Role

The Fondazione Edmund Mach is looking for a one temporary position for 36 months as Third level Researcher (R3) specialized in Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science applied to agricultural systems (400_CRI_CVD)- deadline for applications November 3, 2025. Organizational structure: Research and Innovation Centre – Unit of Digital Agriculture. Head of the Unit: dr. Pietro Franceschi.

The successful candidate will contribute to the design and development of Machine Vision approaches for the quantitative analysis and phenotyping of agricultural systems: 

• Training/Development of computational models for the quantitative phenotyping of agricultural systems
• Application of computational tools for the analysis of complex datasets
• Contribution to database/software development
• Dissemination of results through publications, workshops, and training activities
• The position demands a strong attitude in developing and adapting AI solutions to the new frontiers of biological and agronomical research in the areas of plant defense, crop production and plant breeding
• A core responsibility will be the rigorous processing, analysis, and interpretation of large and complex datasets and, in collaboration with the FEM research community, the synthesis of findings into meaningful agronomical and physiological insights
• The successful candidate will be also involved in the innovation transfer to the local, national and international stakeholders 

Requirements

• Master’s degree (≥4 years) in Computer Science, Informatics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent
• PhD in Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science, or alternatively at least three years of professional experience in these fields
• Knowledge of English (minimum level B2), evaluated during the interview

Offers

• Provincial Collective Contract for Personnel of Research Foundations Third level Researcher, current gross remuneration of Euro 44.087,26, including 13th and 14th month’s pay
• Family Audit certified company, with flexible working time and human resources management policy, for the wellbeing of the employees and their families
• In-house dining hall in San Michele all’Adige, as well as a payment card for meals taken in registered non-company facilities, with the value of Euro 7.00 per meal

How to apply

Applications must arrive by and no later than 23:59 C.E.T. (the date and time of receipt shown in the electronic mail account of the Foundation shall be valid) on November 03, 2025. Applications to participate in the selection must be sent in electronic format to the email address (not certified email address, a.k.a. PEC) curricula@fmach.it , indicating the recruitment code (400_CRI_CVD) in the subject of the message and must consist of:

• the application form (Annex A), available here, together with more information about the application process: https://fmach.it/Lavora-con-noi/Selezioni/N.-1-one-temporary-position-for- 36-months-as-Third-level-Researcher-R3-specialized-in-Computer-Vision-Artificial-Intelligence- Machine-Learning-and-Data-Science-applied-to-agricultural-systems-400_CRI_CVD 
• the candidate’s curriculum vitae
• a copy of a valid identity document. 

Work location: San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy