# Careers — Open Roles at Hydrobio & Microplantes > Open roles across science, production, operations and commerce at KUZOG’s two ventures — Hydrobio soil regeneration and Microplantes micropropagation. Canonical: https://www.kuzog.com/careers/ Language: en ## Join the team building the future of agriculture. Two companies, one mission — multiply healthy plants and restore soil life. We hire across science, production, operations, and commerce. Open positions are listed below. ## Results We accept spontaneous applications. Tell us what you'd bring and we'll find a fit. ## Laboratory Manager - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Leadership - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Lead the entire laboratory operation, guarantee the sanitary quality of plants, and meet production targets. - Organise and plan in-vitro production across the four production lines - Manage and train technical teams (transfer, media, greenhouse) - Ensure compliance with sterility, quality, and traceability procedures - Oversee sanitary indexing and lot conformity - Track KPIs (multiplication rate, losses, yield, lead times) - Act as the technical interface with clients and partners - Master's in plant biology, biotechnology, or agronomy (Bac+5) - Confirmed experience in in-vitro culture and team management - Strong organisational skills, rigour, leadership - Knowledge of phytosanitary requirements appreciated ## Culture Lead / Transfer Room Supervisor - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Leadership - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Run the transfer rooms day-to-day and ensure rigorous protocol adherence. - Organise the work of the transfer technicians - Control the quality of subculturing and cultures - Manage plantlet distribution, schedules, and consumable stocks - Detect and address contamination events - Onboard new technicians to sterile techniques - Bac+2/3 in biology, horticulture, or biotechnology - Mastery of in-vitro culture techniques and laminar flow work - Team management capability and attention to detail ## In-vitro Culture Technician - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Production - **Contract:** Permanent or fixed-term · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Perform multiplication and rooting operations under sterile conditions. - Subculture and multiply cultures under laminar flow - Prepare explants and manage rooting - Detect and discard contaminated cultures - Update tracking sheets and lot traceability - Maintain the workstation and equipment - Bac to Bac+2 in biology, biotechnology, or horticulture (or equivalent experience) - Precision, manual dexterity, strict aseptic practice - Comfortable with repetitive precision work and teamwork ## Media Preparation & Sterilisation Technician - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Production - **Contract:** Permanent or fixed-term · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Produce nutritive media and run sterilisation — the prerequisite for all production. - Weigh, formulate, and adjust culture media per protocol - Package, autoclave, and store media - Wash and sterilise glassware and equipment - Manage stocks of reagents and consumables - Quality-control the media (pH, gelling, sterility) - Bac to Bac+2 scientific background or lab experience - Rigour, method, safety awareness (autoclave, chemicals) - Organisation and reliability ## Greenhouse & Acclimatation Manager - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Production - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Lead the acclimatation phase and guarantee plant quality through to shipment. - Run acclimatation (humidity, watering, fertilisation, light) - Track recovery rates and reduce losses - Monitor plant health in the greenhouse and manage protection - Organise sorting, calibration, and order preparation - Coordinate the flow between lab and greenhouse - Bac+2/3 in horticulture / plant production - Experience in greenhouse and young-plant management - Observation skills and responsiveness ## Quality & Plant Health Manager (Phytopathology) - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Quality & R&D - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Guarantee the sanitary status of plants and the reliability of traceability. - Set up and run viral indexing and sanitary tests - Select and monitor healthy mother plants - Draft and maintain quality procedures (SOPs) - Manage documentation, phytosanitary passports, and traceability - Conduct phytosanitary regulatory monitoring - Bac+3 to Bac+5 in phytopathology, microbiology, or plant biology - Knowledge of detection methods (ELISA, PCR appreciated) - Documentary rigour and analytical mindset ## R&D Researcher — Protocol Development - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Quality & R&D - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Develop and optimise in-vitro itineraries to expand the catalogue and improve performance. - Design and run experiments (media, hormones, culture conditions) - Develop protocols for new species and varieties - Optimise multiplication, rooting, and acclimation rates - Analyse results and document validated protocols - Collaborate with breeders and academic partners - Bac+5 / PhD in plant biology or biotechnology - Experience in in-vitro culture and experimental design - Autonomy, scientific creativity, rigour ## Production Planning Manager - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Operations & Commerce - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Plan production to deliver the right volumes at the right time. - Build and follow the production plan across the four production lines - Align culture lead times with client orders - Monitor culture stocks and anticipate bottlenecks - Track production performance KPIs - Bac+3/5 in production management, agronomy, or equivalent - Comfortable with planning tools and numbers - Rigour and anticipation ## Logistics & Shipping Manager - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Operations & Commerce - **Contract:** Permanent or fixed-term · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Prepare and ship plants in the best conditions, domestically and for export. - Organise packaging suited to vitroplants and young plants - Manage shipments, carriers, and documents (incl. export) - Maintain inventory and traceability through to delivery - Ensure phytosanitary compliance at shipment - Logistics experience, ideally with living/perishable products - Organisation, reliability, basic English for export ## Business Development Manager - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Operations & Commerce - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) — travel expected - **Mission:** Grow the client portfolio and run accounts from quote to follow-up. - Prospect nurseries, growers, distributors, and breeders - Build quotes and negotiate contracts (incl. multi-year) - Provide technical advice in liaison with the lab - Represent MICROPLANTES at trade shows and events - Commercial and/or agronomic training (Bac+3/5) - Field-oriented, technical curiosity, English for export - Strong relationship and negotiation skills ## Administrative Assistant & Sales Admin - **Company:** microplantes - **Department:** Operations & Commerce - **Contract:** Permanent or fixed-term · Full-time or part-time - **Location:** Boissy-l'Aillerie (95) - **Mission:** Run the administrative operations and follow up on orders. - Handle sales administration (orders, invoices, follow-ups) - Manage reception, switchboard, and document storage - Support HR and current purchasing tasks - Contribute to the administrative traceability of lots - Training in management / administration - Office software proficiency, organisation, versatility ## Field Agronomist — Pilot Sites - **Company:** hydrobio - **Department:** Field Operations - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time · Field-based - **Location:** Occitanie / France (50% travel) - **Mission:** Own the agronomic relationship with our pilot sites — from soil analysis to in-field application and result tracking. - Coordinate soil sampling and pre-application diagnostics on pilot farms - Use HydrobioFormul to translate analysis into per-parcel formulations - Supervise on-site formulation and application by our operators - Track yields, water use, and soil indicators post-application - Maintain the technical relationship with champion farmers and agronomy partners (ARVALIS, CTIFL, Chambres d'agriculture) - Bac+5 in agronomy or plant biology - 3+ years of field agronomy experience, ideally on soil amendments or biostimulants - Comfortable spending most weeks in the field; clean driver's licence - Working French + functional English ## Soil Scientist - **Company:** hydrobio - **Department:** Science - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Paris HQ - **Mission:** Anchor the science behind HYDROBIO — characterise soil behaviour with our amendment across crop systems and feed the HydrobioFormul engine with validated agronomic models. - Design and run lab trials on soil-amendment interactions - Characterise water retention, CEC, and microbial response across soil types - Author the agronomic model parameters consumed by HydrobioFormul - Co-author scientific publications and homologation dossiers (EU 2019/1009) - Liaise with academic partners (AgroParisTech, INRAE) - PhD in soil science, agronomy, or plant biology - Strong experimental and statistical background - Track record of peer-reviewed publications - Bilingual French / English ## ML Engineer — HydrobioFormul - **Company:** hydrobio - **Department:** HydrobioFormul - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time · Hybrid (Paris) - **Location:** Paris (remote-friendly) - **Mission:** Build and improve the predictive engine behind HydrobioFormul — the AI formulation app that turns a soil analysis into a per-parcel recipe. - Design and maintain the predictive models for amendment composition - Productionise the agronomic model + ML pipeline (Python; cloud deployment) - Run continuous evaluation against new trial data - Build internal tooling for the agronomy team to ingest new data - Own the simulator outputs (ROI estimates, gain predictions) - MSc / PhD in machine learning, statistics, or applied mathematics - 3+ years building production ML systems - Comfortable with imperfect, small-N agricultural datasets - Bonus: prior agronomy / agtech experience ## Production Lead — On-site Formulation - **Company:** hydrobio - **Department:** Production - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time · Field-based - **Location:** France — multi-site - **Mission:** Run our on-site formulation operation — mobile units that produce HYDROBIO batches at or near pilot farms, just before application. - Operate the mobile formulation unit (mineral-matrix micronisation, mycorrhizal inoculation) - Execute quality control on each batch (granulometry, viability) - Coordinate logistics with the agronomy team and the farm - Train field operators and ensure HSE compliance - Document each batch into the traceability system - Engineering or technical background (Bac+3 to Bac+5) - Experience in industrial production, ideally with mobile or modular units - Driving licence; willingness to travel weekly - French native; English a plus ## Business Development — Cooperatives & Distribution - **Company:** hydrobio - **Department:** Commerce - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** Paris / France (frequent travel) - **Mission:** Open distribution channels through French cooperatives (InVivo, Terrena, Agrial) and Iberian-Italian input distributors. - Build the pipeline of cooperative-channel and distributor relationships - Negotiate exclusive territorial agreements - Run technical pilots with key accounts - Coordinate with the agronomy team on case studies and field-validation data - Represent HYDROBIO at industry events and trade shows - Master's in business or agronomy - 5+ years in B2B agricultural inputs, biostimulants, or related - Strong network in French/EU agricultural distribution - French + English; Spanish or Italian a plus ## Customer Success — Pilot Site Manager - **Company:** hydrobio - **Department:** Customer Success - **Contract:** Permanent · Full-time - **Location:** France (50% travel) - **Mission:** Own the post-application relationship with pilot sites — track outcomes, capture testimonials, and turn champion farmers into our best ambassadors. - Maintain regular contact with each pilot site after application - Collect data on water use, yield, soil health, and farmer satisfaction - Document case studies and assemble testimonials - Feed observations back to the agronomy and ML teams - Be the friendly face of HYDROBIO with our farmers - Agronomy background (Bac+3/5) - Strong relationship and communication skills - Comfortable splitting time between field and desk - French native; English working level --- _Source: https://www.kuzog.com/careers/ · Markdown variant served via Accept: text/markdown · Full brief: https://www.kuzog.com/llms.txt_