# Director of Robot Operations at Burro

- Company: Burro
- What the company does: Burros (www.burro.ai) are the category-defining autonomous mobile robot for outdoor automation alongside people in agricultural and industrial settings - think Disney's Wall-E/Star Wars R2D2, for work outdoors, in a version 1.0 format. Backed by Toyota Ventures.
- Company website: https://burro.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/Burro/69fdf83c-c8e1-4b51-980e-369459bc89d8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/burro-director-of-robot-operations/

## About the role

Burro is the leading robotics company in the world by number of robots working outdoors in the field with real customers. Our mission is to free people from tedious work and solve the critical labor shortages faced by farmers and others that work outdoors.

## What they're looking for

- B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a closely related field
- 10+ years of relevant experience in robotics, technical support, or fleet operations/management, including 5+ years leading a team
- Familiarity with autonomous mobility technology, such as computer vision, LiDAR, and other sensors, RTK GPS, electrical systems (including charging and batteries), mechanical systems
- Demonstrated experience building scalable support processes, tools, or outsourced/partner support models, especially processes built around Zendesk and utilizing various AI-enabled tools
- Exceptional responsiveness and communication skills, ability to excel at time-sensitive tasks and lead others through them
- Ability to think like the customer, prioritize issues, and influence others across engineering, product, and operations to bring issues to closure

Tags: Operations