Image-Based Soil Health Postdoc - Imaging & Data Pipelines

Zintellect; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Corvallis, Oregon, offers a research fellowship focused on imaging-based study of soil health management and crop quality. The role involves data collection with advanced sensors, collaboration with researchers, and manuscript preparation under a mentor in the Horticultural Crop Production and Genetic Improvement Research Unit in Corvallis.

The program includes hands-on experience with X-ray CT, RGB-D and hyperspectral imaging, Python-based analysis,

Qualifications

• Learn to use advanced sensor and imaging technologies (X-ray CT, RGB-D, hyperspectral) to study agricultural systems.
• Gain experience evaluating soil-health management effects on indicators, yield and quality.
• Develop skills collecting image data with X-ray instruments, imaging boxes, robot-mounted cameras.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to enable data collection across multiple imaging modalities and platforms.
• Develop high-throughput image processing and analysis workflows in Python.
• Contribute to scalable computational pipelines for local, edge, and HPC clusters.

Job description

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Corvallis, Oregon, offers a research fellowship focused on imaging-based study of soil health management and crop quality. The role involves data collection with advanced sensors, collaboration with researchers, and manuscript preparation under a mentor in the Horticultural Crop Production and Genetic Improvement Research Unit in Corvallis.

The program includes hands-on experience with X-ray CT, RGB-D and hyperspectral imaging, Python-based analysis,