Join us at Verdant Robotics as we revolutionize agriculture through robotics and AI. We use computer vision and machine learning to understand every part of every plant at a massive scale -- and with automated robotics, we close the loop and act on that information in real-time. Our unique digital-twin and mm-accurate spraying technology unlocks phenomenal increases in productivity and efficiency - helping farmers grow more profitability with fewer inputs, realizing savings from day one.
As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining algorithms, test infrastructure and software tools used to design, build and control for mobile robotics platforms and industrial machines, deploy the code in a C/C++ environment on-board the robot, develop tools for analyzing performance both during testing and in the field, test and debug your code on the robot, and make improvements to our data and training pipelines. We’re open to candidates of varying experience levels, but working advanced knowledge of C/C++ is required. Most importantly, you should be driven to make an impact with your work by rapidly reaching the market with a new robotic system doing useful work for paying customers. Most of us at Verdant have worked at self-driving car companies (Google/Waymo, Zoox, Cruise) and realize that we can make an impact and a profitable business on a much shorter timescale with field robotics.
Our core technology empowers farmers to grow more profitable food. We use computer vision and artificial intelligence to understand every part of every plant at a massive scale -- and with automated robotics, we close the loop and act on that information in real-time. We are leaders in robotics, computer-vision, and machine learning. Together with our partners, we are building environmentally-friendly, sustainable and highly productive farms.
Our office is located in Hayward, CA about 25-30 mins average commute from most places in the Bay Area. We offer competitive pay and a great team environment.
What You Will Do
Develop core system software for both on-robot and off-robot (infrastructure) systemsIdentify and resolve problems and shortcomings in both engineering practices and deployed technologiesWork independently with, at times, minimal guidance to achieve goalsCollaborate with and guide other teams Write tooling and scripts to solve problems and automate processesAnalyze and improve performance across different systemsIdentify, analyze, and resolve operating/hardware system problemsDevelop verification and validation procedures to ensure that system software performs as specified to meet system and subsystem requirementsPerform systems modeling, simulation, and analysisParticipate in special projects as required, including design studies and prototype system solutionsWrite greenfield software and take ownership of your work
Minimum Qualifications
6+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, software engineering, or other related fieldsDemonstrated deep experience and proficiency with C++Experience with the Linux operating system (including basic Bash experience)Experience with PythonExperience with standard engineering tools such as Git, JIRA, Jenkins, etcAbility to drill down into diverse systems to gain understanding and provide improvementsExperience writing code for embedded systems or environments where performance matters, such as games or roboticsExperience with multithreading and multi-process systemsDemonstrated ability to both build and maintain complex projects
Nice-to-Haves
Experience with CDeep understanding of PythonExperience in ROS, DDS, ZMQ, Kafka, or other message-passing frameworksExperience in Jenkins or other CI/CD platformsExperience with Docker or other container technologiesExperience with maintaining or writing device driversKnowledge of profilers, Valgrind, and system analysis toolsDemonstrated experience with systems engineering and software engineering processesAbility to develop system-level requirements, decompose requirements to subsystems, perform trade studies, develop navigation analysis tools, and conduct predictive-performance analyses
