Director of Horticulture (Plant Scientist) Full Time

About Babylon: Babylon Micro-Farms has developed an IoT enabled on-demand farming service that remotely manages on-site indoor farms.  The company’s farming modules and platform make sustainable indoor farming accessible to a much broader market than is currently possible, and greatly improve quality, reduce waste, and save money for its customers. Babylon is a high growth, early-stage company based in Charlottesville, VA.

Plant Scientist/Horticulturalist Job Description:

(a) Managing day to day plant operations at BabylonHQ:
– Organizing Growth Trials in a Controlled Environment
– Executing Trials (Seeding, planting, harvesting, and cleaning)
– Data Collection (Yields, density, plant health, issues etc.)

(b) Experimenting with new crop varieties and combining different crops into menu items:

– Researching new varieties and growing conditions

– Sourcing seeds

– Curating crops into menu items

(c) Researching nutritional and health benefits of different crop varieties and creating content to support marketing collateral.

(d) Managing consumables development and implementation:

– Seeding, packaging, labelling, and shipping consumables to customers

– Sourcing cleaning supplies & growing accessory items for customers

– Sourcing new packaging options

– Maintaining sufficient inventory

(f) Assisting with research grant writing and implementation (Ex: National Science Foundation Research)

– Designing and implementing research trials

– Collecting results and adhering to reporting standards

– Developing concepts for new processes and technology

– Assisting with sourcing and writing grant applications

(j) Keeping clear and detailed records of your activities including, but not limited to the following:

– Video and photograph records of plant operations

– Keeping excel spreadsheets up to date

– Developing blogs and other written content

(k) Hardware and software feedback – as an operator of our Micro-Farms consistent feedback will be essential in helping the engineering team to improve the user experience.

(l) Carry out experiments and record data and methods according to research proposals