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Washington State University
4 days ago
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Smart Farm Technologies, Wireless Sensor Networks, and AI-Driven Crop Stress Management Washington State University in United States
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Full-time, 100% FTE temporary faculty appointment with an annual salary of $62,232–$70,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications. The position includes paid sick and vacation leave, paid holidays, medical, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement and deferred compensation options. The appointment is expected to run from January 4, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with renewal dependent on extension needs or additional funding.
Deadline
Dec 6, 2026
Country
United States
University
Washington State University
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About this position
Washington State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the WSU Precision Ag Lab and AgWeatherNet within the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences. The position is based at the WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, Washington.
The research focuses on Smart Farm technologies for tree fruit and irrigated field crops, combining precision agriculture, wireless sensor networks, data-driven decision support, and automated crop-stress management. The researcher will work across commercial and research orchards, vineyards, and irrigated field-crop systems.
Key research activities include designing, deploying, and maintaining low-power wireless networks such as LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, cellular, and mesh systems. The work will involve localized soil-plant-weather sensing, edge computing, sensor calibration, and monitoring of frost, heat, nutrient, and disease stress. The researcher will also contribute to precision and variable-rate irrigation and crop-protection control systems, including heat-stress cooling, frost protection, drip irrigation, micro-sprinklers, and center-pivot systems.
The role integrates ground-based sensor observations with UAV and satellite multispectral and thermal imagery. Data analysis will include sensor, weather, and imagery time series, together with AI/ML-driven and process-based models for fruit and berry temperature, crop phenology, growth stages, and stress prediction. Additional technical work includes cloud data pipelines, APIs, real-time dashboards, and web or mobile tools for decision support and remote system control.
The postdoctoral researcher will lead defined project components while collaborating with multidisciplinary WSU faculty, staff, students, growers, crop consultants, commodity groups, technology companies, and other industry partners. The position includes preparing peer-reviewed manuscripts, conference presentations, reports, grant materials, extension resources, field demonstrations, workshops, and app user guides. The researcher will also mentor undergraduate and graduate students and help coordinate field-season planning, equipment logistics, project meetings, and data management.
The position offers professional development and mentoring within an interdisciplinary research environment connecting university research, USDA-ARS, state agricultural programs, extension, growers, and technology partners.
Funding details
Full-time, 100% FTE temporary faculty appointment with an annual salary of $62,232–$70,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications. The position includes paid sick and vacation leave, paid holidays, medical, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement and deferred compensation options. The appointment is expected to run from January 4, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with renewal dependent on extension needs or additional funding.
What's required
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Biological or Agricultural Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Horticulture Engineering, or a related field by the time of hire. Required experience includes sensor systems, wireless sensor networks or IoT, agricultural or environmental data acquisition, data analysis using Python, R, or MATLAB, field research, programming, and deploying, calibrating, or troubleshooting sensors, data loggers, or embedded systems. Candidates must be able to communicate effectively, collaborate in interdisciplinary teams, conduct outdoor fieldwork in variable weather, lift up to 50 pounds, travel to field sites with occasional overnight travel, and hold or obtain a valid driver’s license. Preferred qualifications include LoRaWAN or other low-power wide-area networks, microcontrollers and embedded firmware, plant-water relations, irrigation scheduling, tree fruit, grapes or irrigated row crops, UAV imaging, GIS, AI/ML frameworks, time-series modeling, cloud platforms, REST APIs, web or mobile applications, irrigation automation, publication, mentoring, and extension experience.
How to apply
Apply through the Washington State University Workday application portal. Upload a resume and cover letter in the application documents section; documents may be combined or submitted separately, preferably as PDFs. Reference contact information will be requested later in the process.
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