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Director of Manufacturing Operations & Factory

Orchard Robotics · San Francisco · On-site

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About Orchard Robotics

Orchard is securing America's food supply by building the AI Farmer that automates our nation's farms. Backed by General Catalyst.

About the role

Orchard builds rugged AI-powered camera systems that operate on farm vehicles in dust, heat, vibration, rain, and demanding agricultural environments. We’re hiring our first manufacturing leader to build and own the manufacturing operation behind Orchard’s rapidly growing fleet of camera systems.

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At Orchard, we’re securing America’s food supply by building the AI Farmer that automates our nation’s farms. We are the industry leader, growing rapidly, and backed by more than $25 million from leading investors, including Quiet Capital, Shine Capital, and General Catalyst.

Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars in crop value are lost because critical farming decisions are made using incomplete and imprecise data. We’re building the technology to change that.

Our AI-powered camera systems mount to tractors and scan millions of trees, vines, and plants, capturing precise data on yield estimates, fruit size, crop health, disease, and more. We train edge vision AI models that analyze every plant and determine exactly what interventions and treatments it needs. That intelligence flows into FruitScope OS, our farm-management platform, where growers can understand their crops, make better decisions, and direct operations in the field.

Today, Orchard’s technology is trusted by some of our nation’s largest farms. They use our products to grow higher-quality crops while reducing chemical use and operating costs, helping them farm more profitably and sustainably than ever...

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