The Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder™ leverages advanced robotics, computer vision, AI/deep learning, and lasers to eliminate weeds with sub-millimeter accuracy—all without herbicides. This innovative solution reduces environmental impact, promotes soil health, and helps farmers address labor shortages and rising costs. Designed in Seattle and built at our cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington, the LaserWeeder is setting a new standard for automated weed control. With $157 million in funding from prominent investors such as BOND, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture arm), Anthos Capital, Fuse Venture Capital, Ignition Partners, Revolution, Sozo Ventures, and Voyager Capital, Carbon Robotics is driving innovation.
As a no-nonsense team with a bias for action, we take pride in executing our ideas. Whether it’s designing transformative technology or visiting farms to ensure our products are reliable and safe, we do whatever it takes to deliver for our customers.
Working here means tackling big problems with big impact. You’ll find opportunities to grow professionally, solve complex challenges, and make meaningful contributions to a mission that matters. At Carbon Robotics, we trust our team to act independently and make practical, real-world decisions.
Join us as we innovate, execute, and build the future of farming together.
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Location preference: Vienna, Austria with travel required in Europe.
HVAC experience and certification is required
Fluent written and verbal communication in English required
Our Field Robotics Engineer, HVAC are our boots on the ground, working directly with the customer providing technical hands-on support. As the on-site point of contact, with the support of the teams at headquarters you’ll work to resolve in-the-field machines issues. The FRE position will also support our sales organization and CSM team with scheduled demos and site visits. You will make sure to keep certification and training up to requirements per region.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Travel and deliver efficient field support to our customers using Carbon Robotics equipment.
- Quickly respond to customer concerns and identify the issue(s), in collaboration with other Carbon Robotics departments/teams.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships with customers and teams within Carbon Robotics
- Exercise safe working practices and procedures at all times.
- Participate in the rotation of weekend on-call duties and after-hours phone support.
- Demonstrates work cleanliness.
- Maintain all company property, including service truck, tools, laptop, Ipad, and safety equipment in good working condition.
- Attend in person or virtual FRE related meetings with other service team members to stay current with the Carbon Robotics Ops team agendas.
- Attend online or in person refresher training classes to promote continuous improvement of technical and non-technical skillsets.
- Demonstrate how to properly operate Carbon Robotics equipment.
- Support demonstration and implementation activities
- Working in both indoor and outdoor environments.
- In addition to the duties listed above, the position holder must carry out tasks assigned by their supervisor that are essentially related to their duties.
Preventive Maintenance
- Work closely with the Customer success manager team to execute bi-weekly and monthly PM tasks on the current LaserWeeder fleet.
- Ensure all LaserWeeder units are operating at peak performance through scheduled inspections, calibrations, and updates.
- Make sure the chiller and AC on our laserweeder are working in perfect condition.
- You’re the FRE, HVAC specialist and together with other HVAC specialists in the team it's your responsibility to make sure everything is up and running like it should.
Documentation and Reporting
- Document completed maintenance tasks and report any recurring or potential issues to the Field Robot Engineers and engineering teams.
- Maintain detailed records of all diagnostics, repairs, and system updates.
- Collect and upload data to assist with model labeling.
- Provide feedback to the Customer Success manager and HVAC potential areas for system improvement.
- Document best practices and troubleshooting guides for future use.
- Keep service tickets detailed and filled in in a timely and professional manner team
Ideal Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to diagnose problems with equipment or machinery
- HVAC specialist or interested to get trained from the ground up.
- Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude with ability to problem solve and communicate complex issues
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with focus on customer support and brand awareness
- Excellent relationship management and customer service skills
- Organization, scheduling and ability to work independently while managing conflicting and overlapping work activities.Comfortable working in an outdoor agricultural setting, including farms and fields, often in varying weather conditions.
- Ability to maintain a calm, composed, and articulate demeanor when dealing with difficult customer situations in a fast-paced and unstructured environment.
- Attends and participates in meetings related to support and Slayer performance
- Ability to lift up to 55 pounds
- Trailer towing experience preferred but not required
- Valid driver’s license required
- English literacy required
- Travel will be required to support customers on-site.
Why would you join Carbon Robotics?
Passion 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.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full time US based* employees, including:
- Competitive salaries
- Pre-IPO Stock Options
- Generous Benefits:
- Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and all dependents
- Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
- Virtual Care - Doctor on Demand
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health HRA
- Restricted Healthcare Travel support
- Menopause Support
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Flexible PTO
- 401(k) plan
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and all dependents
- Work Culture: Be a part of an inclusive and tight-knit company culture that values innovation and mission-driven success.
*Internationally based employees benefits varies & Contractors are not eligible for Carbon Robotics Benefits or Stock
Carbon Robotics is building a culture of diversity and inclusion for all. We welcome everyone’s voice and believe in open and transparent communication. We believe the best products, services, and companies are built by strong teams that include a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences. We are committed to supporting and enabling growth and opportunity for every employee at every level. This is the foundation to which we will build a truly unique environment.
We are equally committed to equal employment opportunity, and it is foundational to how we recruit and hire our talented team. Employment is determined based upon capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including potential pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability , HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.
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What We Do
Carbon Robotics builds the industry-leading AI-powered LaserWeeder™ which combines computer vision, AI deep learning technology, robotics, and lasers to identify crops versus weeds - and shoots the weeds with lasers.
More than 100 of the world’s largest specialty crop growers have deployed LaserWeeders™ in North America, Europe, and Australia. This no-touch, precision technology is effective day and night in over 100 crops in both organic and conventional farming.
LaserWeeders™ are designed at Carbon Robotics headquarters in Seattle, Washington and manufactured in our state of the art new manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington. Carbon Robotics has raised $157 million in capital since 2018 from investors that include BOND, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Anthos Capital, Fuse Venture Capital, Ignition Partners, Revolution, Sozo Ventures, and Voyager Capital.
What’s it like working at Carbon Robotics? We are a no-nonsense team of passionate people with a bias for action. We know that our ability to execute on our ideas is what sets us apart. We do what we say we are going to do, externally and internally. We trust our people to act independently and make practical, real-world decisions.
Why Work With Us
The Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder™ implement uses precision computer vision and sophisticated AI to kill weeds with millimeter accuracy. Laserweeding delivers consistency that puts growers back in control of their schedules amid labor shortages, chemical concerns, and rising costs. For high-density crops, laserweeding is the only automated solution.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We encourage flexibility with a mix of in office, field and remote options.
