Experience: 1+ year
- Full-time, remote role with frequent travel (approximately 50% farm-based, 50% work-from-home).
- 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).
- Many opportunities to directly influence product development.
- Perfect if you are a hardcore engineer who also loves nature.
- Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental coverage, and we cover 100% of the premium.
- Our team is close-knit & highly driven, you'll work directly with our CEO and entire team.
- We're deeply motivated by the impact we're making - every line of code written or new system built means less food that goes to waste, and more people who are fed.
- 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.
- Work closely with our farmers to deeply understand their operational needs, gather insights, and translate their feedback into real improvements.
- Partner with our sales team during customer demonstrations to showcase Orchard's technology to new farmers.
- Innovate and prototype creative solutions to unique problems encountered in the field, leveraging your robotics and engineering expertise.
- Be a generalist, supporting different parts of our software and hardware stack if needed.
- 1-3 years of relevant experience in industry or academia.
- Strong technical skills in robotics (Python, C++, embedded hardware, computer vision, localization, sensor fusion, or robotics hardware).
- You don't mind frequent travel, spending time out in the fields, and love the outdoors.
- Self-motivated, able to solve problems independently and thrive in unstructured environments.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and genuine excitement about engaging with customers.
- Must not have allergies to common agricultural products (nuts, apples, grapes, strawberries, blueberries)
- 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.
If you're looking to help make a positive impact in the world by building the future of farming, come join us!
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