TerraClear applies artificial intelligence, robotics, and world-class mechanical design to solve some of the most data deficient and labor intensive jobs on the farm. These technologies are rapidly transforming agricultural intelligence, allowing farmers to make faster and more informed decisions that translate into highly precise actions and more productive farms. Our first application solved one of the most disliked tasks on the farm: clearing rocks. The annual emergence of news rocks impacts nearly half of farms in North America, slowing farming, damaging equipment, and causing downtime during seeding and harvesting. Solving this problem frees farmers to focus on higher-value tasks and brings their operations into a new era of farming. Leveraging our commercial success in rocks, we are now expanding our core technologies to new farm applications including the precise management of weeds, pests, disease and overall plant health.
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience developing and commercializing full-stack robotics systems
- Strong C++, Python skills & expertise in ROS or similar robotics software framework
- Deep and current knowledge of high level controls, including motion planning, localization, navigation and sensor fusion
- Working knowledge of low level controls, including trajectory control and state estimation techniques for perception and feedback control
- Experience integrating a wide range of sensing hardware, including LIDAR, cameras, other range-finding sensors, inertial navigation, GPS/GNSS sensors
- Experience working in a Linux-based environment including modern software engineering practices, experience with git and pull reviews
- Field robotics experience with developing new AGVs, UAVs, USVs, or UUVs
Responsibilities
- Work with the robotics team to architect, design and implement novel robotics systems for controlling ground-based rovers in farm fields
- Collaborate with the product team to clarify requirements
- Select sensing and other hardware components and technologies to enable rapid prototyping
- Serve as a SME on current state of the art for the full stack of robotics technologies
- Directly contribute in a hands-on manner to solving major technical challenges
- Contribute to a research roadmap in alignment with the TerraClear product roadmap
- Develop test plans for component and system level testing and validation
Other
- Hybrid role based in Issaquah, Washington, USA
- MS or PhD in CS, EE, ME or a related field or equivalent experience
- Strong communication skills, including active listening, that can convey complex technical topics to teammates in plain English
- Pre-IPO stock options (tax-advantaged ISOs)
- Competitive base salary
