Farm Research

The future of food production hinges on an important question: How do we feed the world’s growing population without compromising our natural resources? Farmers feed our population and hold the keys to vital climate solutions. At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers to run the most productive and sustainable farms. Farmers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming. They’re growing more grass, increasing milk production and improving the health and wellbeing of their cows.

We bridge deep tech into farming. Halter enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cows’ health and behaviour. Can you imagine watching 500 dairy cows turn in unison and walk calmly towards the milking shed? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a mob of cows walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing farming with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry.

People join Halter because they want to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.

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**About the role**

Want to be a part of a team doing something that has never been done before? Want to work with cutting-edge technology? We are looking for a Farm R&D Assistant This is not a traditional R&D role, as we are pioneering the future of farming. This role is all about on-farm trails and getting your hands dirty

You will join a multidisciplinary research and development team composed of engineers, farmers, and everything in between. Two days in this team never look the same, you might find yourself out in the paddock working with the cows, or sitting in our on-farm base, figuring out the next big problem. Our focus is on developing new features and insights that our customers use in the day-to-day running of their farm using Halter and making their land more productive and sustainable.

We believe team culture is vital for success as a team and as a company, we work hard to maintain a fun and casual atmosphere in which you can thrive and develop. From your first day we value your input in shaping what our product looks like and how our farmers use it. You will be vital to the success of Halter. This role also comes with plenty of room for growth. We are a growing business with plenty of opportunities, both within the research team and beyond.

**What your day could look like**:

- Collaborate with the full R&D team to set up and run high-quality trials to provide new learnings and insights into how farmers can use our product to improve their operation.
- Spend time observing cows out in the field. Understand why they behave as they do and how that should be considered by the Halter system.
- Hands-on experimental work. Be responsible for the planning, set-up and execution of in-the-field tests.
- Work with people from all over the company to test new system features and gain confidence in their effectiveness.
- Collect results from testing and present them efficiently back to the wider team members and company.
- Work with people from all over the company to test new system features and gain confidence in their effectiveness.
- Helping further develop the way we train cows to understand our collar.
- A wide array of farm jobs. Helping with day-to-day farm maintenance and activities

**What we’re looking for**:

- You are able to think critically. You use this skill to work in an efficient way and extract learnings from results.
- You execute efficiently. You drive the continued and timely completion of projects.
- You understand what influences success on a farm and can use this knowledge to influence the direction of the team.
- You have a great understanding of the behaviour of cows and can use that knowledge to produce the best tests and results possible.
- You are tech-savvy and show an eagerness to learn and understand the tech-side of our product.
- You are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- You enjoy working hard and want to be a part of a team that does the same.
- You love working in a team, sharing ideas and giving and receiving feedback
- Do things you’ve never done before.

**Why our team loves working at Halter**:

- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the