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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.\nLaserWeeder 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.\nThe 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.\nCarbon 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.\nYouTube | X | Instagram | LinkedIn | News\nAs aRobot Systems Software Engineer at Carbon Robotics 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.\nYou’ll do whatever it takes - which might include going to the farm - to ensure our customers have reliable and safe products.\nWhat you’ll do:\nPartner with Engineering teams to build efficient robotic software to support our revolutionary Laser Weeding robots and future products. \nBuild and troubleshoot robot system software and develop tooling to support high performance robotics algorithms.\nWhat 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.\nWork with a fast-paced, nimble software team working on problems that have never been solved before.\nDrive decision through project planning, task delegation and leading problem solving efforts to iterate quickly\nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Success:\nExperience as a System Software Engineer building on machine and in the cloud software with 5+ years of programming in C++ and Python.\nProficiency with modern Linux development environments (e.g. bash, git, docker, etc.)\nProficiency with web services (REST/GRPC)\nExperience with robotic and computer vision algorithms is beneficial\nGeneral knowledge of observability tools (ex: Prometheus ecosystem) is a plus\nEffective verbal and written communication skills and a desire to work in multidisciplinary teams\nBS+ in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field\nQualified applicants will receive a short survey after applying to help the team learn more about you.\nCarbon 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.\nCarbon Robotics' base salary pay range:\n$220,000—$250,000 USD\nWhy would you join Carbon Robotics?\nPassion for building teams capable of solving uniquely interesting problems. Innovation while disrupting the market is what we do. Profiled in WSJ and Forbes, Carbon Robotics is poised to become the next billion dollar company in the rapidly growing worldwide Ag-Tech industry.\nWe offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full time US based* employees, including:\nCompetitive salaries\nPre-IPO Stock Options\nGenerous Benefits:Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and all dependentsChoice of PPO or HDHP/HSA\nVirtual Care - Doctor on Demand\nEmployee Assistance Program\n\nMental Health HRA\nRestricted Healthcare Travel support\nMenopause Support\nLife Insurance\nLong Term Disability\nFlexible PTO\n401(k) plan\nPet Insurance\nCommuter Benefits\n\nWork Culture: Be a part of an inclusive and tight-knit company culture that values innovation and mission-driven success.\n* Internationally based employees benefits varies & Contractors are not eligible for Carbon Robotics Benefits or Stock\nCarbon Robotics is building a culture of diversity and inclusion for all. 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