Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Blue River Technology

$138.2-261k

Eligibility for Blue River’s bonus

Linux

C++

Bazel

Git

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Santa Clara, CA

Agriculture machinery company

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Agriculture machinery company

201-500 employees

B2BAgricultureMachine Learning

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$138.2-261k

Eligibility for Blue River’s bonus

Linux

C++

Bazel

Git

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Santa Clara, CA

201-500 employees

B2BAgricultureMachine Learning

Company mission

To create intelligent machinery that solves monumental challenges for our customers.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field plus 2 years of related experience
Develop real-time capable software in C++ for Linux
Experience with benchmarking and improving jitter in end-to-end latency (1 yr)
Use git and Bazel to build, test, and deploy vehicle software and firmware (1 yr)
Develop pub-sub systems that interact with sensors and actuators on robotics systems via CAN and Ethernet (1 yr)
Experience building end-to-end testing solutions for data-driven software, including unit, integration, HIL, and regression testing (1 yr)
Implement vehicle software utilizing ROS and robotics software packages such as AOS, Flatbuffers, Protobufs (1 yr)
May work remotely; periodic time in office required; must live within commuting distance of office
Up to 20% domestic and international travel required for in-field testing, data collection, R&D, and system deployments at customer sites

What the job involves

We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to create intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for our customers
We empower our customers – farmers, construction crews, and foresters – to implement safer and more sustainable solutions, driving increased profitability with less reliance on scarce labor
We believe that focusing on the small stuff – pixel-by-pixel and task-by-task – leads to big gains
Blue River Technology is based in Santa Clara, CA
Leads the design and implementation of complex full stack solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability
Identifies system inefficiencies and drives architectural improvements, ensuring high-quality deliverables across projects
Mentors junior engineers, providing technical guidance and support through coaching, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
Leads cross-functional collaboration efforts, ensuring seamless integration of features and adherence to product specifications
The employee participates in, and often leads, the design and development of software algorithms for intelligent agricultural robots/machines. Specifically, efforts are focused on improving the accuracy of and reducing the redundancy of commercial agricultural chemical applications used in the growing and cultivating of large-scale crops

Our take

The global farming market is rigorously growing to keep up with demand. Blue River Technology is a farming equipment maker using computer vision, machine learning, robotics and product management to develop machines that optimize chemical usage and reimagining routine processes within farming.

Acquired by one of the largest names in agriculture - John Deere - Blue River commits to remaining independent in ways of working and culture. The company is also stepping into new-world territory, implementing AI to combat invasive weeds and other large-scale farming issues.

It’s impressive what has been developed by Blue River Technology for an industry that is so heavily relied upon, yet has been slower to digitize. It will be exciting to see how the company develops its idea of autonomous farming into the future picture of the industry.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

15% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.3)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Dec 2015

$17m

SERIES B

Mar 2014

$10m

SERIES A

Total funding: $30.1m

Company HQ

Santa Clara, CA

Leadership

Willy Pell

(CEO)

Willy joined Blue River Technology in 2012 as a Senior Director of Autonomous Systems, they then became the VP of Autonomy and New Ventures in 2021 and CEO in 2023.

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