Love tech? Enjoy working outdoors? This could be the job for you!

As a Field Operations Technician, you'll be working directly with our engineering team, as well as our customers, to deploy, test, and validate the FruitScope Camera, our cutting-edge AI-powered Camera System that analyzes the quality and yield of fruit in orchards.

We'll teach you all about our AI-powered camera system, so you can help our farmers get it up and running in their farms. This job is a mix of high-tech and agriculture, as you'll be working with advanced technology right in the middle of apple orchards!

Day to day, you'll be in the fields with farmers, helping them set up, operate, and implement the FruitScope Camera system to collect data about how their crops are growing. You'll then use that information to help them get the most out of their orchards, by using the data to optimize the growth of fruit on their trees. You'll also show potential customers how the system works and explain the benefits it can bring to their farms.

Your work with our farmers will be critical to ensuring top performance of our camera systems, while listening to our customers and relaying important results, feedback, and ideas as we grow and continue to develop our technology.

But your work won't stop in the field. We'll need your eyes and ears to tell our tech and engineering team what's going on. You'll help them understand what's working and what needs improving in our system, making your role incredibly important in shaping our future, and the future of fruit farming!

We value candidates from all different backgrounds, as agriculture is a something that impacts each and every one of us. If you're a hard worker who's excited about bringing together AI, technology, and farming, we're interested in you. We value diverse perspectives, experiences and knowledge, as these are things we that only serve to make our team stronger. If you're looking to help make a positive impact in the world by transforming the future of agriculture, come join us. Even if you may not meet every requirement, we'd strongly encourage you apply.

Note: this is a full-time, salaried, seasonal job position, for 9 months of the year during the apple growing season.

This job also comes with Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental coverage, and the company pays 100%, all of the premium.

What you’ll do:

• Drive out to our customers' orchards 4-5 times per week
• Use our FruitScope Camera system to set up trials, run field tests, and collect "ground truth" data, counting fruit on trees in our customers' orchards to calibrate our system, all throughout the growing season
• Work with our technical team to go over results, debug any challenges that might arise, and figure out how to make our products even better
• Be our go-to person for questions about our customers' orchards and their progress
• Show off the FruitScope Camera systems to new, potential customers at their orchards
• Work directly with our customers to communicate new developments, resolve issues, listen to feedback, and come up with new ideas on how to further improve our technology

What makes you a good fit:

• Being a self-starter with the ability to self-supervise
• Excellent communication skills to document & relay what you see in the field to our customers and engineering team
• Hands-on experience working with technology
• Knowledge of how to use Google Docs, Excel, and digital applications like Slack, Jira, etc.
• Ability to learn quickly and operate in a dynamic environment
• Enthusiasm for taking on multiple roles and responsibilities as our company grows

• Familiarity with an agricultural / farming environment is a plus
• Prior experience in horticulture, a field-based research program, or other agricultural fields

• You are reliable, on-time, and occasionally able to work irregular hours, to keep up with farmers' schedules
• You have a valid drivers license and a vehicle you can drive to the orchards
• You are able to lift 20 lbs to set up our camera systems, drive a UTV around the orchards, and complete a variety of field tasks such as gathering ground truth data by measuring counts and sizes of fruit on trees

Above all, we value candidates who aren’t afraid to tackle real-world challenges head-on, and are ready to make a truly positive impact on the biggest industry in the world (agriculture).

Come join us in helping foster a more fruitful future!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person
• Outdoor work

Application Question(s):

• What makes you excited about working at an ag-tech company like Orchard Robotics?
• This is a job that requires spending a substantial amount of time out in an agricultural orchard environment with our farmers & customers, and providing your own transportation to and from your home to the farms (located near Yakima, WA). Is this something that you are willing and capable of doing?
• This position is for a full-time, seasonal job, that spans roughly 9 months of the year during the apple growing season. Are you comfortable with and prepared for this setup?
• Where did you hear about us?

Work Location: In person