Sr. Software Engineer, Robot Systems

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>Carbon Robotics is the leader in physical AI for agriculture, helping farmers become more profitable and sustainable. Its flagship product, the LaserWeeder™, is the world’s leading commercial laser weeding system with hundreds of units operated by farmers in 15 countries worldwide.<br><br>LaserWeeder combines computer vision, AI, robotics, and high-powered lasers to identify weeds and destroy them with sub-millimeter precision—no herbicides, hand labor, or soil disturbance required. Growers achieve weed control cost reductions of up to 80% and crop yield increases of 5–50%, with payback in one to three years. The system is powered by Carbon AI’s Large Plant Model (LPM), trained on 150 million labeled plants, and can start weeding any crop or field in minutes.<br><br>The company's second product is Carbon Autonomy, the most dependable tractor autonomy solution. Carbon Autonomy includes a retrofit tractor autonomy kit for John Deere tractors, autonomy software, and remote supervision for real-time interventions if required.<br><br>Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, Washington State, USA and has raised $185 million in capital since 2018 from leading investors including NVIDIA’s NVentures and BOND.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CarbonRoboticsLaserWeeding">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://x.com/carbon_robotics">X</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carbon_robotics/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbonrobotics/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://carbonrobotics.com/news">News</a></p></div><p>As a<strong> Robot Systems</strong> <strong>Software Engineer </strong> at <strong>Carbon Robotics</strong> you will work alongside your software, mechanical and electrical peers to build AI and robotics products. In particular, you will be involved in the design and implementations of robot side features and algorithms.</p> <p>You’ll <strong>do whatever it takes</strong> - which might include going to the farm - <strong>to ensure our customers have reliable and safe products</strong>.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do</strong><strong>:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Partner with Engineering teams to build efficient robotic software to support our revolutionary Laser Weeding robots and future products. </li> <li>Build and troubleshoot robot system software and develop tooling to support high performance robotics algorithms.</li> <li>What you’ll build will help deliver state of the art AI performance to our robots by improving our machine learning pipelines and building associated features.</li> <li>Work with a fast-paced, nimble software team working on problems that have never been solved before.</li> <li>Drive decision through project planning, task delegation and leading problem solving efforts to iterate quickly</li> </ul> <p><strong>Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Success:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience as a System Software Engineer building on machine and in the cloud software with 5+ years of programming in C++ and Python.</li> <li>Proficiency with modern Linux development environments (e.g. bash, git, docker, etc.)</li> <li>Proficiency with web services (REST/GRPC)</li> <li>Experience with robotic and computer vision algorithms is beneficial</li> <li>General knowledge of observability tools (ex: Prometheus ecosystem) is a plus</li> <li>Effective verbal and written communication skills and a desire to work in multidisciplinary teams</li> <li>BS+ in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field</li> </ul> <p>Qualified applicants will receive a short survey after applying to help the team learn more about you.</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>Carbon Robotics follows equitable hiring practices. Flexibility in our hiring process allows hiring of talent at levels different from what are posted.  The compensation range outlined is based on a target budgeted base salary. Individual base pay depends on various factors such as relevant experience and skill, Interview assessments and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements. Offers are determined using our equitable hiring practices. Carbon Robotics offers additional compensation in the form of benefits premiums, pre-IPO stock options and On Target Earning commissions for appropriate positions. Base pay ranges are reviewed each year. We are committed to the principle of pay equity – paying employees equitably for similar work.</p></div><div class="title">Carbon Robotics' base salary pay range:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$190,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$225,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Why would you join Carbon Robotics?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Passion for building teams capable of </span><strong>solving uniquely interesting problems</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Innovation while </span><strong>disrupting the market</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is what we do.  </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Profiled in WSJ and Forbes,…