Farmed Animal Welfare – General Application

We are hiring for talent to scale up and expand our work aimed at improving the welfare of farmed animals.

About our farmed animal welfare work

At any one time, tens of billions of chickens, pigs, cows, sheep, and ducks are alive in farms on land. In addition to these land animals, hundreds of billions of fish, crustaceans, and amphibians are farmed in aquaculture systems.

Little attention is paid to the welfare of these animals, even though evidence shows that they can suffer. Much work in this space has focused on advocacy, policy work, food system transformation, and movement building. However, less attention has been paid to technological and scientific innovation as a lever for improving animal welfare.

Our work has two main goals:

• Advancing our understanding of animal welfare
• Developing technologies to improve animal welfare on farms across species and countries

What you might work on

Examples of engineering projects we have launched so far include:

• Robust tools for recording electrophysiology data to enable animal welfare researchers to study and compare different stun and slaughter methods
• A solution for quickly killing fish on space-constrained fishing vessels
• Continuous water quality monitoring tools for long-term pond monitoring
• An industry-ready imaging system for detecting keel bone abnormalities on the slaughter line

Activities you might be involved in (depending on your skills) include:

• Identifying gaps in animal welfare science through literature reviews and expert conversations
• Scouting and evaluating ideas for impactful engineering projects
• Developing scientific tools for animal welfare research
• Developing technologies for industry to improve animal welfare on farms
• Designing, managing, or conducting research
• Technical advising for other animal welfare organisations

What we are looking for

Applicant profiles we would be interested in include (but are not limited to):

• Biologists with research experience relevant to farmed animal welfare
• Generalists from all STEM fields
• Engineers (mechanical, electronic, software, embedded)
• Product managers

Skills and traits that we value highly include:

• A strong interest in animal welfare
  You care a lot about the suffering of animals in farms and fisheries.
• Scientific literacy
  You know how to find and read relevant literature and are able to critically interpret the results.
• A STEM background
  You have a degree and/or experience in one or more STEM fields, such as physics, engineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, or mathematics.
• Engineering experience
  You have hands-on experience designing and building things that work in the real world. This could include mechanical or electronics design, embedded systems, sensors and instrumentation, or software.

Not sure if you’re a good fit? Please err on the side of applying. The application form is short.