Looking for passionate, innovative minds to ideate, design, test and launch end-to-end products in protected cultivation structures and add-ons
About Kheyti
Kheyti is an agri-tech that helps farmers double incomes and be climate resilient and sustainable. We democratize access to high-tech agriculture solutions by making them farmer-centric, low-cost and by bundling end-to -end services. Our vision is to see every farmer climate-smart.
The Opportunity
An exciting chance to drive farmer-centric product innovationâfrom discovery and prototyping to field validationâshaping next-generation greenhouse and allied solutions with real on-ground impact.
Job Type: Full time
Location: Hyderabad
Reporting to: R & D Lead
Level: Manager
Key Responsibilities
- Implement Kheyti product innovation roadmap for core greenhouses and add-on products like tunnels, hoop houses, crop covers, agro voltaics etc.
- Conduct discovery conversations with farmers and other stakeholders to understand customer and market needs
- Ideate, conceptualise and prototype designs and materials in our R&D; center and derive data based decisions
- Conduct field visits and engage in conversations with Kheyti Team & Farmers to understand farmersâ feedback, on-ground challenges, regional agro-climatic conditions etc.
- Convert ideas to sketches to designs. Testing of designs for strength & loads like wind or dead load on relevant softwares
- Support on other R&D; activities like crop R&D;, protocol building, training etc.
- Create SOPs and key documentation and build QA/QC systems
Ideal Candidate
The role requires a hands-on, field-oriented professional with a strong inclination toward human-centered, data-driven innovation.
Must-Haves
- 7+ Years of experience product design
- Mechanical Engineering Background
- Willingness to engage in extensive fieldwork
- 7-10 days of travel each month
- Product management experience
- Strong project and stakeholder management skills
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in agri-infrastructure or greenhouse systems
- Exposure to R&D; environments, prototyping, or QA/QC systems
Not a Fit
- Someone who wants to work from home, full-time. Field exposure is crucial for this role
- Someone who wants to focus only on the "product roadmap" in isolation, without deep collaboration
- Someone who prioritizes "global standards" and branded components over locally repairable, affordable, and accessible solutions