Kheyti - Product Design Engineer

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 opportunity to drive farmer-centric product innovation-from discovery and prototyping to field validation-shaping 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 farmers' 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

5+ Years of experience product design
Hardware product design experience
Willingness to engage in extensive fieldwork and travel as required
Product management experience
Strong project and stakeholder management skills

Nice-to-Haves

Experience in agri-infrastructure or greenhouse systems
Mechanical, civil & structural Engineering Background
Exposure to R&D environments, prototyping, or QA/QC systems