Jobs

Ga naar Nederlandstalige jobsite. Here is a list of our open positions. If you can't find the right fit for you, please send us your unsolicited application.

Role	Department	Location
Researcher data engineering for carbon farming Master diploma	Plant Sciences Unit	Merelbeke-Melle	application deadline Sunday 24 August 2025
PhD Meiotic recombination in Soybean Master diploma	Plant Sciences Unit	Merelbeke-Melle	application deadline Sunday 10 August 2025
PhD plant metabolites as biobased insecticides Master diploma	Plant Sciences Unit	Merelbeke-Melle	application deadline Sunday 10 August 2025
PHD Metabolic Engineering Master diploma	Plant Sciences Unit	Merelbeke-Melle	application deadline Sunday 10 August 2025

Stay up-to-date with our vacancies

Benefits

Work among green surroundings in Merelbeke/Melle or in a busy port area in Ostend
Meaningful work with attention for sustainability
Societally relevant centers of expertise and living labs
Working together with friendly and interesting colleagues in an open, communicative culture based on trust
Attention for internal networking with regular internal events
A dynamic work environment with room for self-development
An international work environment that is still strongly locally anchored
The ILVO vehicles and machinery include several electric cars and bikes for use by employees
Charging poles for electric cars are available at every ILVO site
Green commuting (public transportation and biking) is reimbursed; meal checks and hospitalization insurance are provided

They are ILVO

5G or healthy primary production (and fishing) healthy food processing, healthy socio-economic relationships, healthy consumption patterns and a healthy environment.

ILVO is gearing up its integrated research for agriculture, fisheries and food. In the renewed research strategy that is currently being elaborated, the research institute places its research efforts...

Food Pilot equipment with worker tapping liquid from a vat

The Food Pilot is an application and analysis centre founded by Flanders’ FOOD and ILVO.

Alain Peeters, Felix De Bousies and Joris Relaes

Accelerated insights into sustainable agricultural practices

ILVO as employer

ILVO has an open, communicative culture based on mutual trust and meaningful work. ILVO colleagues work on solutions for societal challenges within the inspiring environment of an open food landscape and a bustling port.

Take a look at our research infrastructure

ILVO as a mission-driven organization

ILVO performs applied research for an agro-food system that is HEALTHY in every way. Positive, proactive, professional, working together and being an example are the 5 values that guide ILVO employees in they way they approach their work.

Read about our mission and vision

Jobs

Researcher data engineering for carbon farming

PhD Meiotic recombination in Soybean

PhD plant metabolites as biobased insecticides

PHD Metabolic Engineering

Stay up-to-date with our vacancies

Benefits

They are ILVO

5G in agriculture and food: Five x Gezondheid (HEALTH) as a beacon for ILVO research

From idea to product, the Food Pilot

First large-scale AGROECOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM launched in Flanders

ILVO as employer

ILVO as a mission-driven organization

Our themes

Food and Health

Role of animal production in society

Profitable and resilient food systems

Farming and rural areas within an urbanized society

Bioeconomy and closed loops

Precision agriculture and data technology

Healthy soil and crops

Protein diversification

Toward climate-smart agriculture and food production

Marine production and marine environment

Didn't find what you were looking for?