2023 PhD ResidencyMineral

Mountain View, CA 16-09-2023
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OUR MISSION 

Mineral’s mission is to discover the intelligence of plantkind to feed and protect humankind. Our technology embraces the complexity of nature, unlocking agriculture data so the world can reimagine sustainable food production. This means leveraging advanced technology and use of AI across the total plant ecosystem to turn complex data into understandings that enable greater efficiency, productivity and sustainability.

Agriculture background preferred but not required — just the curiosity and passion to learn. If you are excited to make a difference in global food production and help work toward a more sustainable future for agriculture, we’d love to talk with you.

About the role:

12-14 week paid internship that offers an opportunity to work on complex computer science solutions, develop scalable, distributed software systems, and collaborate on machine learning related projects.

What you'll be working on:

  • Becoming familiar with your teams’ specific goals and challenges.
  • Doing research on computational agriculture related topics, including machine learning, genomics, computer vision, natural language processing, geographic information system, knowledge graph, multi-modality learning, or remote sensing.
  • Engaging with the Mineral Internship community during the program.
  • Having fun!

What you should have:

  • Enrolled in a PhD degree in Computer Science, or similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
  • Coding skills for research projects.
  • Deep knowledge in computational agriculture related topics, such as machine learning, computer vision, etc.

It would be great if you also had these:

  • Experience with JAX, TensorFlow, Keras.
  • Related publications in related venues, e.g., CVPR, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICCV.

Details:

  • Location: Mountain View, CA
  • Start Date(s): Summer 2023
  • Duration: a flexible 3-4 months based on project team needs and your availability

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $103,000 - $127,000 + benefits. Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

This role requires exposure to technologies subject to heightened controls under US export laws.  Due to our immediate need to fill this role and the lengthy process required to obtain export licenses, we will not be able to move forward with anyone requiring a license for such technologies. This applies to individuals ineligible for license exception "TSR" (commonly described as "controlled-country nationals") under the US Commerce Department's Export Administration Regulations.  As of July 2018, a controlled country national is anyone who is a national of one of the following countries (excluding US green card holders and US citizens with dual citizenship):  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Cuba, the People's Republic of China, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Macau, Moldova, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. Please review up-to-date information about the Commerce Department's export regulations, including the current list of countries, here.  

At Mineral, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at: mineral-accommodation-request@mineral.ai.

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