{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"179439ae76f11c1961b5ce49","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/179439ae76f11c1961b5ce49","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/179439ae76f11c1961b5ce49","title":"Robotics Software Engineer (Perception & Localization)","description":"Orchard Robotics is a Series A startup backed by top VCs like Quiet Capital, Shine Capital, and General Catalyst. We're securing America’s food supply by building the AI farmer that automates our nation’s farms. We've raised over $25M in pursuit of our mission to help farmers farm more profitably and sustainably than ever before.\nWhat We Do:\nWe start by building AI-powered camera systems that collect the most valuable data for farmers, telling them everything about what is growing on their millions of trees, vines, and plants, across thousands of acres of farmland.\nOur state-of-the-art AI analyzes every one of the billions of fruit across a farm. We provide accurate yield estimates, fruit counts, size projections, disease detection, inventories, bloom maps, and more! All this data lives in our cloud platform, FruitScope OS, that we've developed from the ground up to enable farmers to manage their crop with precision.\nToday, our technology is trusted by some of the largest farms in the nation. We are growing fast, and have the industry-leading product. Farmers use our software every day to make critical decisions and run more efficient, profitable operations.\nThe Role:\nIn order to analyze billions of fruit on farms all year long, our advanced, tractor-mounted camera systems have to know a.) precisely where they are, and b.) everything about the fruit they are seeing. In addition, all of this happens fast, on compute running on the edge, in complex, real-world environments where our systems are subject to all sorts of conditions.\nWe are looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to invent creative, practical, and robust solutions to real-world computer vision problems relating to perception and localization.\nAbout the role:\nFull-time, in-person role at our San Francisco or Seattle office\nAs an early employee, you'll receive generous equity compensation\nComprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental coverage, and we cover 100% of the premium\nWe move fast, and sometimes this means staying late or working weekends\nOur team is close-knit & highly driven, you’ll work directly with our CEO and entire team\nWe’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.\nWhat you’ll do:\nDevelop robotics software that runs on our tractor-mounted, AI-powered camera systems, including advanced perception & localization algorithms.\nImplement intelligent systems and processes to interpret complex, real-world data (each system collects terabytes of raw image data every day).\nFuse sensor data (stereo depth, GNSS, etc) to localize our camera system in a farm.\nOptimize code for fast edge computing performance (Python, C++).\nBe a generalist, supporting different parts of our software and hardware stack if needed.\nWhat makes you a good fit:\nHands-on experience developing robotics software from the ground up.\n2+ years of real-world industry experience in robotics, perception, or localization.\nExpertise in one or more of the following areas: computer vision, stereo depth perception, pose estimation, object detection, multi-object tracking, image processing, robotics software.\nEnthusiasm for taking on multiple roles and responsibilities as our company grows.\nYou like fast-paced environments where you have high ownership over your work.\nBonus Points:\nExperience deploying & optimizing robotics algorithms to run fast on embedded compute like NVIDIA Jetson.\nFamiliarity with fusing data from GNSS, IMU, depth, and other sensors.\nIf you're looking to help make a real, positive impact in the world by building the future of farming, come join us!\nCompensation Range: $130K - $190K","company":"Orchard Robotics","rawCompany":"orchard robotics","city":"Seattle","state":"WA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-04T15:45:12.548Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2199.08","title":"Robotics Engineers","slug":"robotics-engineers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"17-3024.01","title":"Robotics Technicians","slug":"robotics-technicians"}],"industries":[{"code":"541715","title":"Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)","slug":"research-and-development-in-the-physical-engineering-and-life-sciences-except-nanotechnology-and-biotechnology"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Robotics Software Engineer (Perception & Localization)","description":"Orchard Robotics is a Series A startup backed by top VCs like Quiet Capital, Shine Capital, and General Catalyst. We're securing America’s food supply by building the AI farmer that automates our nation’s farms. We've raised over $25M in pursuit of our mission to help farmers farm more profitably and sustainably than ever before.\nWhat We Do:\nWe start by building AI-powered camera systems that collect the most valuable data for farmers, telling them everything about what is growing on their millions of trees, vines, and plants, across thousands of acres of farmland.\nOur state-of-the-art AI analyzes every one of the billions of fruit across a farm. We provide accurate yield estimates, fruit counts, size projections, disease detection, inventories, bloom maps, and more! All this data lives in our cloud platform, FruitScope OS, that we've developed from the ground up to enable farmers to manage their crop with precision.\nToday, our technology is trusted by some of the largest farms in the nation. We are growing fast, and have the industry-leading product. 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