Orchard
Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer
San Francisco · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 421 days ago
PythonC++AlgorithmsComputer VisionSalesRoboticsSensors
About the role
- Full-time, remote role with frequent travel (approximately 50% farm-based, 50% work-from-home).
- Many opportunities to directly influence product development.
- Perfect if you are a hardcore engineer who also loves nature.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, debug, and develop the next generation(s) of our advanced, tractor-mounted camera systems at customer sites, ensuring they perform exceptionally in diverse farm environments.
- Partner with our sales team during customer demonstrations to showcase Orchard's technology to new farmers.
Nice to have
- Experience optimizing robotics algorithms for embedded platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson).
- Familiarity with agriculture or outdoor equipment.
- Previous startup, outdoor adventure, or field deployment experience.
Skills
- Orchard Robotics is a Series A startup backed by top VCs like Quiet Capital, Shine Capital, and General Catalyst.
- Our technology is used today across some of the largest farms in the nation.
Benefits
- Strong technical skills in robotics (Python, C++, embedded hardware, computer vision, localization, sensor fusion, or robotics hardware).
- Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental coverage, and we cover 100% of the premium.
Company info
- We start by collecting the most valuable data for farmers, telling them everything about what is growing on their millions of trees, across thousands of acres of farmland.
- We do this using advanced camera systems we build, that take pictures of every one of the billions of fruit in a farm.
- This data lives in our cloud data platform, FruitScope, that we've developed from the ground up to help farmers manage their crops with precision.
- Farmers across the nation use our industry-leading software to look at their data, make critical decisions, and command farming operations on a daily basis.
- Frequent flying/driving/hotel stays near farms, typically involving scenic drives of 1-3 hours to customer fields (all travel expenses fully covered by the company).
- You'll thrive if you enjoy technology and nature, are highly self-driven, and love engaging directly with customers.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and genuine excitement about engaging with customers.
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