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