Trainee in 'HiRAD' and INSECT' projects
Agroscope
01.05.2025
temporary
30.09.2025
JRQ$540-12961
Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich
This is how you can contribute
- Setting up and commissioning radar equipment in the field
- Organising logistics and communication with contact partners on site
- Obtaining site permits
- Releasing insects via drone
- Preparing samples in the laboratory (sorting spiders and insects)
This makes you unique
- Biology, Environmental Sciences, Agronomy or similar degree begun or recently completed
- A grounding in entomology (especially butterflies) an advantage
- An enthusiasm for practical fieldwork; meticulous way of working; driver's licence
- Committed, team-oriented and communicative personality
- Knowledge of two official Swiss languages and a very good command of written and spoken English
In a nutshell
Agroscope's HiRAD project investigates the use of radar technology to monitor flying insects by installing radar equipment in the field and collecting data. The INSECT project samples insects and spiders in agricultural areas. The job is split between the two projects.
01.05.2025
temporary
30.09.2025
JRQ$540-12961
Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich
Questions about the position
Eva Knop Head of Biodiversity-Environment Interactions+41 58 48 10986
Send message
Questions about the position
Eva KnopHead of Biodiversity-Environment Interactions
+41 58 48 10986
Send messageIn a nutshell
Agroscope's HiRAD project investigates the use of radar technology to monitor flying insects by installing radar equipment in the field and collecting data. The INSECT project samples insects and spiders in agricultural areas. The job is split between the two projects.
Good food, healthy environment
Agroscope is the Swiss federal centre of excellence for research in the agriculture and food sector. Its researchers work at a number of sites in Switzerland. Headquartered in Bern-Liebefeld (as of 2026: Posieux), Agroscope is attached to the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER.
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#FAD8B9Work-life balanceWe support individual lifestyles with flexible forms of work and various time models.
Questions about the position
Eva KnopHead of Biodiversity-Environment Interactions
+41 58 48 10986
Send messageAdditional information
The 'Agricultural Landscape and Biodiversity' Research Group examines ways of reconciling the protection of biodiversity with a productive agricultural sector.
