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.
About the role
We are seeking a Director of Robot Applications and Behavior to lead the team that owns what the robot does and how people interact with it: the behavior stack and state machines that sequence a mission, the integration work that gets new behaviors from simulation onto robots in the field, the backend communication between robot and cloud, the operator UI, and the details that shape how a Burro feels to work alongside, down to what the lights do.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of professional experience building production software, with a track record of systems that other teams depended on
- 5+ years managing engineers directly, including hiring, coaching, and performance management
- Experience designing systems and interfaces that other teams build on top of
- Experience shipping software on robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, or comparable physical systems
- Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
More about this 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.
To accomplish our mission, we need a world-class, diverse team where everyone feels comfortable sharing their ideas. With this in mind, we strive to create a work environment where every employee can be themselves and express their perspective – this enables us to deliver the most creative and innovative solutions to problems our customers face.
Headquartered in Philadelphia with an office in central California, and backed by top Agtech and autonomy investors, including S2G, Catalyst, Translink, Cibus, FPrime, Toyota Ventures, FFVC, Xplorer, and Radicle, Burro was created to solve the labor shortages facing farmers using robotics.
Burros can be described as Disney's Wall-E for agriculture and work outdoors, in a 1.0 format. They function, today, as computer vision based autonomous ground vehicles for carrying, towing, and scouting, and are designed to lay the base for the fully autonomous future of work outdoors. We have 700+...
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