Root AI is a robotics company dedicated to solving the biggest challenges facing the indoor farming industry. Today’s industrial greenhouses are modern marvels of efficiency and sustainability. These farms are making fresh, locally grown, and nutritious produce available year-round. We’re on a mission to create advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest these crops.
We are an early stage start-up assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Join us as we build the future of farming.
As a small startup, everything we do has to be exceptional. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind. We value diversity, not just because it takes a team with unique perspectives and skills to solve the worlds hardest problems, but because we truly believe it’s the right thing to do.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain mobile robot platform software. Our mobile robot is not...
Sep 24, 2020
Root AI is a robotics company dedicated to solving the biggest challenges facing the indoor farming industry. Today’s industrial greenhouses are modern marvels of efficiency and sustainability. These farms are making fresh, locally grown, and nutritious produce available year-round. We’re on a mission to create advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest these crops.
We are an early stage start-up assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Join us as we build the future of farming.
As a small startup, everything we do has to be exceptional. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind. We value diversity, not just because it takes a team with unique perspectives and skills to solve the worlds hardest problems, but because we truly believe it’s the right thing to do.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain mobile robot platform software. Our mobile robot is not...
Root AI is a robotics company dedicated to solving the biggest challenges facing the indoor farming industry. Today's industrial greenhouses are modern marvels of efficiency and sustainability. These farms are making fresh, locally grown, and nutritious produce available year-round. We're on a mission to create advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest these crops.
As a small start up, everything we do has to be exceptional. Every member of the team plays a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind. Our hardware staff is currently over 75% NEU Mechanical Engineering alumni who know the challenges and strengths of an experiential education, to help you grow in skill while making meaningful engineering contributions to our product. This spring we are looking for passionate and talented professionals with a love for robotics to join our engineering team. Individuals should have an interdisciplinary approach to...
Sep 19, 2020
Root AI is a robotics company dedicated to solving the biggest challenges facing the indoor farming industry. Today's industrial greenhouses are modern marvels of efficiency and sustainability. These farms are making fresh, locally grown, and nutritious produce available year-round. We're on a mission to create advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest these crops.
As a small start up, everything we do has to be exceptional. Every member of the team plays a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind. Our hardware staff is currently over 75% NEU Mechanical Engineering alumni who know the challenges and strengths of an experiential education, to help you grow in skill while making meaningful engineering contributions to our product. This spring we are looking for passionate and talented professionals with a love for robotics to join our engineering team. Individuals should have an interdisciplinary approach to...
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops.As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Principal Electrical engineer you will architect the electrical hardware stack of the Virgo harvesting system, and set design release standards for all electrical design. You will be tasked with developing the control, communications, and power systems for a robot requiring multiple axis coordinated motion of encoded BLDC motors.
Responsibilities
Serve as the lead electrical engineer and guide less experienced electrical engineers through the product development cycle.
Design and prototype custom PCBs and electrical systems...
Aug 21, 2020
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops.As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Principal Electrical engineer you will architect the electrical hardware stack of the Virgo harvesting system, and set design release standards for all electrical design. You will be tasked with developing the control, communications, and power systems for a robot requiring multiple axis coordinated motion of encoded BLDC motors.
Responsibilities
Serve as the lead electrical engineer and guide less experienced electrical engineers through the product development cycle.
Design and prototype custom PCBs and electrical systems...
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops.As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Principal Robotics Engineer, you will develop and test the simulation, visualization and controls toolchains for a motion control system that will harvest fruits at high precision and speed. We do not use ROS and rely on open-source tools to get the job done.
Responsibilities
Integrate and implement motion planning and trajectory optimization for a multi-DOF manipulation system
Maintain visualization and modeling pipelines for cross-team collaboration
Collaborate with mechanical and firmware contributors for design reviews,...
Aug 21, 2020
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops.As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Principal Robotics Engineer, you will develop and test the simulation, visualization and controls toolchains for a motion control system that will harvest fruits at high precision and speed. We do not use ROS and rely on open-source tools to get the job done.
Responsibilities
Integrate and implement motion planning and trajectory optimization for a multi-DOF manipulation system
Maintain visualization and modeling pipelines for cross-team collaboration
Collaborate with mechanical and firmware contributors for design reviews,...
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops.As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Robotics Deployment Engineer you will be responsible for piloting the operation and maintenance of an advanced fleet of greenhouse fruit harvesting robots. Majority travel to greenhouse sites will be required as you characterize the performance, operation, and user experience of the product and communicate about your findings to stakeholders in the company.
Responsibilities
Debugging, testing and maintenance of a first of its kind harvesting robot.
Create and maintain detailed records of performance, issues, resolutions.
Serve...
Aug 21, 2020
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops.As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Robotics Deployment Engineer you will be responsible for piloting the operation and maintenance of an advanced fleet of greenhouse fruit harvesting robots. Majority travel to greenhouse sites will be required as you characterize the performance, operation, and user experience of the product and communicate about your findings to stakeholders in the company.
Responsibilities
Debugging, testing and maintenance of a first of its kind harvesting robot.
Create and maintain detailed records of performance, issues, resolutions.
Serve...
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops. As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Principal Embedded Controls Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing the embedded software that powers a multi-DOF motion control system in real time.
Responsibilities
Design and embedded low-level motion control for multi-DOF manipulation systems
Design and implement real-time communications pipelines for the manipulation system
Collaborate with mechanical and software contributors for design reviews, system development, and testing
Participate and conduct design reviews for critical...
Aug 21, 2020
Root AI is a tech company solving the biggest challenges facing agriculture today. We’re on a mission to rebuild farming from the ground up, starting with advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest crops. As an early stage start-up, Root is assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Every member of the team has a critical role, and every decision we make matters, so we hire with that in mind.
As the Principal Embedded Controls Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing the embedded software that powers a multi-DOF motion control system in real time.
Responsibilities
Design and embedded low-level motion control for multi-DOF manipulation systems
Design and implement real-time communications pipelines for the manipulation system
Collaborate with mechanical and software contributors for design reviews, system development, and testing
Participate and conduct design reviews for critical...
Root AI is a robotics company dedicated to solving the biggest challenges facing the indoor farming industry. Today’s industrial greenhouses are modern marvels of efficiency and sustainability. These farms are making fresh, locally grown, and nutritious produce available year-round. We’re on a mission to create advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest these crops. We are an early stage start-up assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Join us as we build the future of farming.
If you don't see a job above that matches your skill set, use this form to tell us that you're interested.
The Virgo robot, an autonomous tomato harvesting platform, will be deployed next year into high technology greenhouse farms throughout North America. Root's accomplishments have been featured in a number of news outlets about our product. We'd love to speak to you about mechanical, electrical, software, and firmware opportunities at Root...
Aug 21, 2020
Root AI is a robotics company dedicated to solving the biggest challenges facing the indoor farming industry. Today’s industrial greenhouses are modern marvels of efficiency and sustainability. These farms are making fresh, locally grown, and nutritious produce available year-round. We’re on a mission to create advanced robotic systems that can see, care for, and harvest these crops. We are an early stage start-up assembling a foundational team of passionate and talented professionals. Join us as we build the future of farming.
If you don't see a job above that matches your skill set, use this form to tell us that you're interested.
The Virgo robot, an autonomous tomato harvesting platform, will be deployed next year into high technology greenhouse farms throughout North America. Root's accomplishments have been featured in a number of news outlets about our product. We'd love to speak to you about mechanical, electrical, software, and firmware opportunities at Root...
