Digital Livestock Scientist, CSIRO

CSIRO

Location:
Australia, Armidale, NSW or Brisbane, QLD

Category:
Research and Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

114000.00 - 153000.00 AUD / Year

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Job Description:

CSIRO Agriculture and Food (A&F) brings together cutting-edge science, technology, and deep industry knowledge to improve the sustainability, productivity, and resilience of Australia’s food and fibre industries. Within our Livestock and Aquaculture research program, the ‘Digital Livestock’ team is advancing next-generation livestock farming through the integration of sensor technologies, data science, and systems modelling. We are seeking a motivated and experienced Digital Livestock Scientist to join this dynamic team! You will play a key role in designing and delivering research that applies data analytics, artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor technologies, and systems modelling to real-world challenges in livestock production.

Job Responsibility:

Incorporating novel approaches to scientific investigations by adapting and/or developing original concepts and ideas for new, existing, and further research, with a focus on boundary spanning, trans-disciplinary approaches
Working closely with colleagues and industry to develop impact-focused digital technologies
Developing data flows to augment the annotation, integration, and analysis of diverse data, in collaboration with Data61 data scientists
Applying advanced data science workflows for integration of multi-modal data streams
Utilising data science strategies to analyse and evaluate data, and managing data curation, storage, and data sharing in accordance with best practise guidelines
Producing high quality scientific and/or engineering papers suitable for publication in quality journals and for presentation at national and international conferences

Requirements:

A PhD (or an equivalent combination of qualifications and research experience) in a relevant animal science or data science field
Demonstrated understanding of animal production and/or livestock farming systems
Broad understanding of agri-food systems and an interest in deepening knowledge of current global and national issues
Demonstrated ability to initiate and undertake original, creative, and innovative research by generating and pursuing novel ideas and solutions to scientific research problems
Demonstrated experience in the development of digital workflows, including data annotation
Demonstrated experience in data science and statistical analysis, coding and/or related analytical methods, and expert usage of statistical software packages, such as R, Matlab, Python, C
Demonstrated ability to communicate scientific content clearly and effectively to a range of audiences
A demonstrated publication history of authorship on scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and/or reports, grant applications or inventorship on patent applications

What we offer:

up to 15.4% superannuation
flexible work options may be considered
leave entitlements
benefits and career development opportunities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 27, 2025

Expiration:
May 27, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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Digital Livestock Scientist

CSIRO

Location:Australia, Armidale, NSW or Brisbane, QLD

Category:Research and Development

Contract Type:Employment contract