Csiro Winanga-y Postdoctoral Fellowship in Agricultural Digital Transformation

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**Role highlights**
- **Do you have a PhD in** **Human Computer Interaction, User Experience and Engagement, Agricultural Systems or similar?**:

- **Join CSIRO - Australia’s leading scientific research organisation**

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**The opportunity**

We are thrilled to be able to deliver on the commitment we made in our strategy to invest in frontier science with the CSIRO Agriculture & Food Winanga-y Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. The word Winanga-y (pronounced win-na-gnay) is a cultural asset gifted by the Gomeroi Nation in Myall Vale to CSIRO's Agriculture and Food Business Unit to name the Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme. Winanga-y means to understand, know, remember, and think.

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

The specific focus of this Winanga-y Postdoctoral Fellowship role is to address a critical gap in agricultural technology adoption by investigating how AI and machine learning outputs can be better translated into actionable decisions for industry end-users. The Postdoctoral Fellow will lead research at the intersection of AI, machine learning, and agricultural decision-making. This role will focus on improving the usability and adoption of advanced agricultural technologies—such as crop forecasting and disease monitoring—by addressing both technical and human barriers.

**Your high-level duties will include**:

- Conduct User-Centred Research and Stakeholder Engagement
- Investigate and Optimize Data Capture and Integration Workflows.
- Design and Evaluate User Experience Solutions for Agricultural Technologies
- Bridge Data Science and Decision Theory Applications
- Disseminate Research Findings and Contribute to Digital Agriculture Advancement
- Contribute to new knowledge in the emerging field of agricultural Human-Computer Interaction, through publication and evidence-based recommendations for agricultural technology development

**Role particulars**

**Location and office arrangements**:Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane or Canberra

**Salary**: AU$99,990 - AU$109,527 pa (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure & work schedule**: Specified term of 3 years, Full-time

**Reference**:101077

**Essential criteria**
- A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD). The doctorate must be in a relevant discipline area of soil science, such as Human Computer Interaction, User Experience and Engagement, Agricultural Systems. Please note: To be eligible for this role you must have no more than 3 years (full-time equivalent) of relevant research experience.
- Advanced qualitative research methodologies, with expertise in participant observation, in-depth interviewing, focus group facilitation and mixed methods research design.
- Demonstrated experience in data integration and workflow analysis, with technical competency in assessing data systems, workflow optimisation, data interoperability challenges in an applied field.
- High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including the presentation of research outcomes at national and international conferences.
- A current Australian driver’s licence or the ability to obtain one.

CSIRO is an Equal Opportunity employer working hard to recruit world-class talent that represents the diversity across our society. As part of our commitment to equitable employment outcomes for under-represented groups, preference will be given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the role criteria. CSIRO’s Conscious Inclusion practices are intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity/affirmative measure under _section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)_.

For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.

**Setting you up for success**

**Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements**

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitle