Part-Time Research Support in IST- Controlled Environment Agriculture

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The College of Information Sciences and Technology is seeking to fill several Research Support positions to participate in analysis, design, development, and testing of software applications in the area of controlled environment agriculture.

Responsibilities include: domain research, user research; usability studies; designing new features; writing code; and testing software.

Development platforms include: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Postgres, React-Native.

Applicants must be available to work up to 10-20 hours per week during the Spring 2022 semester and up to 40 hours per week during the Summer of 2022. Positions may continue past Summer 2022.

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