Robotics Software Developer Full Time

TerraForce is building robotics, artificial intelligence, and precision technology to help define the future of farming. Our systems are designed for real-world agricultural environments where reliability, speed of iteration, and practical field performance matter. We are a mission-driven team working to help growers improve productivity, efficiency, sustainability, and labor availability through advanced robotic and automated systems.

The Role

TerraForce is seeking a mid-level Software Developer to help build, integrate, test, and improve the software that powers our robotic farming platforms. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who can write strong production code, work across robotics and AI systems, and help move technology from prototype to field-ready performance. It is not a role for fresh college graduates.

The ideal candidate has solid experience in Python, C++, and ROS 2, and a practical mindset for debugging complex systems in the real world. You should be comfortable working in a field setting with hardware and computer vision and enjoy solving problems that do not always appear in a controlled lab environment.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, test, and maintain software for TerraForce robotic and automated agricultural systems.
• Write clean, reliable, and maintainable code in Python and C++.
• Build and integrate ROS 2-based software components for perception, control, navigation, automation, and system orchestration.
• Support computer vision and AI workflows, including object detection, tracking, model integration, and field performance tuning.
• Help deploy and optimize software on edge computing platforms, including Nvidia-based systems.
• Integrate software with sensors, cameras, actuators, embedded systems, and mechanical platforms.
• Participate in debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning during lab integration and field testing.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, mechanical, operations, and field teams to improve system reliability and usability.
• Document code, interfaces, processes, and system behavior so the team can build quickly and maintain quality.
• Contribute to testing practices, simulation workflows, CI/CD, release discipline, and field validation processes.
• Manage vendors and lead developers.

What We’re Looking For

• 3–6 years of professional software development experience, ideally in robotics, autonomy, embedded systems, computer vision, or real-world hardware-integrated products.
• Strong programming ability in Python and/or C++; experience with both is preferred.
• Experience with ROS or ROS 2; familiarity with MoveIt 2 or related robotics libraries is a plus.
• Understanding of computer vision tools and frameworks such as OpenCV, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar.
• Experience integrating software with sensors, cameras, robotics hardware, or edge devices.
• Familiarity with Linux-based development environments and version control using Git.
• Ability to debug complex software/hardware interactions and diagnose issues systematically.
• Comfort working in fast iteration cycles where requirements may evolve based on testing and field results.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with engineers, technicians, operators, and non-software stakeholders.
• Practical problem-solving mindset and willingness to work hands-on with robotic systems.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Nvidia development tools or platforms, including Isaac, Jetson, or GPU-accelerated applications.
• Experience deploying AI or computer vision models on resource-constrained edge devices.
• Familiarity with robot localization, SLAM, sensor fusion, path planning, or navigation.
• Experience with embedded systems, IoT devices, CAN, serial communication, or hardware interfaces.
• Background in agriculture, outdoor robotics, autonomous vehicles, heavy equipment, or industrial automation.
• Experience building test frameworks, simulation environments, CI/CD pipelines, or field logging and diagnostics tools.
• Comfort participating in field testing in agricultural environments.

Why Join TerraForce?

• Work on robotics and automation for one of the world’s most essential industries.
• Help build technology that addresses real labor and productivity challenges in agriculture.
• Join a small, fast-moving team where your work directly affects product performance.
• Collaborate across software, hardware, field operations, and agricultural expertise.
• Gain hands-on experience moving robotic systems from development to real-world deployment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Equal Opportunity

• TerraForce is an equal opportunity employer. We value practical problem solvers, strong communicators, and people who are excited to build technology that works in the real world.