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Orchard · 1 month ago

Field Operations Technician (Santa Rosa, CA)

Napa, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

New Grad, Entry Level

$25/hr - $35/hr

Orchard Robotics is a Series A startup focused on automating farms with AI technology. The Field Operations Technician will work outdoors, assisting growers in implementing AI-powered camera systems to collect valuable data and improve farming efficiency.

AgTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)FarmingRobotics

Responsibilities

Visit customer farms and scan their fields with our AI-powered camera systems to collect valuable farm data

Operate equipment including ATVs on the farm, sometimes for hours at a time, ensuring high quality data collection

Regularly drive 1-3 hours to customer farms to conduct customer training and new technology deployments

Serve as the primary person for customer inquiries, requests, and support needs

Provide hands-on support, troubleshooting, and training for our FruitScope vision systems

Conduct on-farm demos for prospective customers

Regularly engage with customers to ensure ongoing satisfaction, and relay customer insights, requests, and suggestions back to our engineering teams

Qualification

AI-powered camera systemsField data collectionATV operationAgriculture experienceCustomer supportDigital tools proficiencyProblem-solvingSelf-starter

Required

Prior agriculture or field work experience, and comfortable spending many hours outdoors every day

Comfortable driving 1-3 hours daily to our customer farms and engaging directly with growers in-person

Able to lift at least 20 lbs to set up our camera systems

Comfortable driving an ATV around farms for extended periods of time, and completing a variety of field tasks such as gathering ground truth data by measuring counts and sizes of fruit in fields

Customer-first mindset

Proactive, loves to problem-solve & tackle new challenges

Highly responsive & reliable in addressing customer needs

Self-starter capable of working independently & managing your own schedule