Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer
Orchard Robotics is an agricultural-robotics company providing AI-powered, vehicle-mounted crop-imaging hardware and farm-management software for specialty-crop growers.
Funding history
About Orchard Robotics
Orchard Robotics builds FruitScope Vision camera systems, FruitScope Vault farm data records, and FruitScope OS software to collect crop-level data and help growers make farm-management decisions.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will deploy, debug, and develop tractor-mounted camera systems at customer farms. You will work with farmers to understand operational needs and turn feedback into improvements, support sales demonstrations, prototype field solutions, and contribute across software and hardware systems. You will spend about half your time traveling to farms and half working from home.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of relevant industry or academic experience
- Robotics skills
- Python
- C++
- Embedded hardware
- Computer vision
- Localization
- Sensor fusion
- Robotics hardware
- Willingness to travel frequently and work in fields
- Interpersonal skills
- No allergies to common agricultural products including nuts, apples, grapes, strawberries, and blueberries
Responsibilities
- Deploy, debug, and develop tractor-mounted camera systems at customer sites
- Work with farmers to understand operational needs and translate feedback into improvements
- Support customer demonstrations with the sales team
- Prototype solutions for field problems
- Support software and hardware systems as needed
Benefits
- Equity
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage with 100% of premiums covered
- Company-paid travel expenses