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Senior Robotics Engineer @ Iron Ox Full Time
About Us
Iron Ox is reimagining the modern farm, utilizing robotics and AI to grow fresh, consistent, and responsibly farmed produce for everyone. Our experienced team of growers, plant scientists, engineers, and innovators are passionate about deeply understanding and developing this new wave of technology to feed an ever-growing population.
Our mission at Iron Ox is dedicated to addressing some of the most significant issues in food security, now and in the future. We’re focused on sustainable, scalable food production for a changing climate and an ever-growing population.
As a Senior Robotics Engineer, you will join the Robotics team to help realize our vision for an optimized, intelligent farm. Some of the exciting challenges we are tackling include: SLAM and navigation systems, multi-robot traffic management, and sensor integration.
You will play a key role in our efforts to develop, deploy, and maintain production-quality code that runs on the robots and in the cloud. Generalists will thrive in this role. We are looking for seasoned engineers who understand that firmware, high-level algorithms, and server infrastructure must all come together to create a complete product.
What You’ll Be Doing
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- Design, implement, and validate features in ROS (C++ and Python)
- Integrate and test software solutions in simulation and on physical robots
- Collaborate with members of our software, hardware, growing, and operations teams
- Participate in architecture reviews and code reviews
What You’ll Bring
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- 2+ years of work experience
- Proficient in both C++ and Python
- Experience with system integration and development on physical robots
- Experience in systems architecture
- Solid knowledge of robotics algorithms for localization, mapping, perception, planning, and control
- BS in Robotics or related field (MS or Ph.D. preferred)
- Ability to occasionally commute to our facilities in Lockhart, TX to work on physical robots
- Ability to occasionally fly out to our Bay Area HQ to work on projects as needed
Nice-to-Haves
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- You have shipped a product
- Experience with ROS
- Embedded Linux software development
- Experience with perception/vision libraries including OpenCV or PCL
- Experience with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Pytorch, etc)
- Experience with 3D simulation, games, or tools
- Experience with software engineering tools and best practices in production
- An interest in agriculture
What We Offer
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- Iron Ox is a small startup with a big dream. You’ll be a part of a team founded on transparency, creativity, and impact on our mission to feed people
- Competitive compensation and meaningful equity package
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- 401K
We are a mission-driven and well-funded startup, backed by the likes of YCombinator, Pathbreaker Ventures, R7, and Crosslink Capital. We are headquartered in San Carlos, CA with our primary production greenhouse facility located in Gilroy, CA and Lockhart, TX.
Iron Ox is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Please note: Iron Ox does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing vendors, including recruitment agencies and/or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Iron Ox employees, or any other company location. Any submittals without a prior signed agreement will become property of Iron Ox.
U.S. E-Verify Notice: Iron Ox participates in E-Verify in the United States. Iron Ox will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.