The future of food production hinges on an important question: How do we feed the world’s growing population without compromising our natural resources? Farmers feed our population and hold the keys to vital climate solutions. At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers to run the most productive and sustainable farms. Farmers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming. They’re growing more grass, increasing milk production and improving the health and wellbeing of their cows.
We bridge deep tech into farming. Halter enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cows’ health and behaviour. Can you imagine watching 500 dairy cows turn in unison and walk calmly towards the milking shed? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a mob of cows walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing farming with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry.
People join Halter because they want to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including
Bessemer Venture Partners,
DCVC,
Blackbird,
Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and
Icehouse ventures.
About the role
Want to be apart of a team doing something that has never been done before? Want to work with cutting edge technology? We are looking for a farm R&D intern! This is not a traditional R&D role, as we are pioneering the future of farming. This role is about concise test plans and hands on fieldwork!
You will join a multidisciplinary research and development team composed of engineers, farmers, and everything in between. Two days in this team never look the same, you might find yourself out in the paddock working with the cows, or sitting in our on farm base, figuring out the next big problem. Our focus is on developing new features that our customers use in the day-to-day running of their farm using Halter, providing our expertise in getting the best out of our product and making sure every cow wearing a Halter collar understands our system.
We believe team culture is vital for success as a team and as a company, we work hard to maintain a fun and casual atmosphere in which you can thrive and develop. From your first day we value your input in shaping what our product looks like and how our farmers use it. You will be vital to the success of Halter. You will be heavily involved in all on farm testing, from experimental design through to reading of data. You will also play a major role in changing the lives of farmers by helping ensure their cows are trained to the highest level, and making sure that both farmer and cow are getting the most out of our product.
There are two internship opportunities at Halter.
One internship will be available ASAP. It will be full-time 40 hours a week and will run for at least 6 months with an opportunity to jump on board permanently.
The second internship will run from around the 15th of November 2023 through to the 25th of February 2024. It will be full-time 40 hours a week over this time period. If you can start earlier or later, we can be flexible around that, these are just the general time periods for our internships.
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
Our Office First Approach
We do have flexible working hours and you can work from home when you need to but we encourage our team to be in the office as much as you can.
We have an office-first approach because we would like to keep the opportunity for teams to have spontaneous interactions which in turn has allowed our team at Halter to foster strong relationships. Stronger relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, do meaningful work and as a result be higher performing as a team.
Join our team
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!
