Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Agtonomy
State Estimation
$170-240k
+ Stock Options
3-4 days a week in office
Intelligent automation for agriculture
Be an early applicant
Intelligent automation for agriculture
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-240k
+ Stock Options
3-4 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the world's transition to sustainable farming by equipping farmers with the technology and services they need to continue to feed the world.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrated experience deploying state estimation algorithms in real robots: Factor graphs, Kalman filters, particle filters, structure from motion, visual inertial odometry, lidar odometry, etc
- Deep understanding of the design tradeoffs involved when fusing various sensing technologies: cameras (mono and stereo), LiDAR, RADAR, GNSS, IMUs, wheel encoders, etc
- Experience implementing state estimation math effectively in software with the following libraries: Eigen, Sophus, Ceres, GTSAM, etc
- Strong proficiency in modern C++ and experience writing efficient algorithms for resource-constrained embedded systems
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative, small team environment with lots of ownership
- Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary stakeholders outside of Autonomy
- An eagerness to get your hands dirty by testing your code on real robots at real customer farms (gives “field testing” a whole new meaning!)
- Experience architecting state estimation systems from scratch and understanding the design tradeoffs when leveraging filters, pose graph optimization, etc
- Experience implementing custom factors for factor graph optimization
- Experience with state-of-the-art visual odometry and/or lidar odometry algorithms
- Thinks/dreams in Lie algebra
- 5+ years of software development experience in autonomy, robotics, or a related field
- MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
What the job involves
- You will be responsible for developing state estimation and localization algorithms to help our vehicles more accurately estimate their pose with respect to the local and global frames
- You will work closely with perception, planning, and controls engineers on the team to design and evolve the outputs of the pose and localization systems to better serve their consumers
- This role is perfect for someone who loves combining math and software, and is excited about applying their experience to make robots drive in smart ways in rugged, agricultural environments
- Implementing new features to improve the stability and reliability of our local and global pose estimates
- Designing mitigation and fallback strategies for the pose estimation systems
- Researching, prototyping, and experimenting with various sensors and state-of-the-art state estimation algorithms
- Architecting, designing, and implementing software applications, as well as onboard and offboard infrastructure and tools to support those applications
- Developing portable, scalable, and fast state measurement and optimization libraries
- Writing performant, well-tested software, and improving code quality of the entire Autonomy team through code and design reviews
- Validating your solutions on real vehicles in real-world scenarios
Application process
- Phone Screen with Hiring Manager (30 minutes)
- Technical Evaluation in Domain (1 hour)
- Software Engineering Evaluation (1 hour)
- Panel Interview (Video interviews scheduled with key stakeholders, each interview will be 30 to 60 minutes)
Our take
While trillions of dollars are spent on developing autonomous passenger vehicles, core industries such as agriculture haven’t been getting the same attention. This is where Agtonomy steps in, supplying software that turns tractors and other equipment into autonomous machines, enabling cost-saving remote modes of operation.
Agtonomy differs itself from its competition by primarily meeting the needs of local farmers as opposed to big farms. In line with this, its autonomous vehicles will cost around $50,000, which is a far cry from the $500,000-$1 million price tag typical in the industry.
In 2023, the company expanded its customer pilot program in a step towards a full commercial launch, which followed in 2025. Continued funding supports Agtonomy's growth and market expansion as it scales commercial deployments in agriculture and adjacent industries.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2025
$18m
SERIES B
Oct 2024
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $73m
Company benefits
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision for the employee (dependents is additional)
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401k plan
- Stock options
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Tim Butcher
(CEO)Founder and President of Trattore Farms. Previously founded Lyve Minds, Zing Systems, TastingRoom.com and Mirra. Was also CPO of Scientific Games, SVP and GM at Seagate Technology, SVP/VP at a number of other companies.
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