Do you want to help build real technology for a meaningful purpose? Do you want to fight to make the world’s fresh produce healthier, tastier, and more sustainable? 

As an Electrical Engineer at Tortuga, you’ll be core to the development of our robotic harvesting hardware. You’ll work on all aspects of the custom electrical systems of our robots including power, computers and microcontrollers, actuators, cameras and other sensors, lighting, and communications. You’ll bring expertise building real hardware, integrating those systems with custom PCB and cable designs to help us add functionality, increase performance, and lower the cost of our robots. You enjoy a rapid development environment with a broad mix of detailed design work, bench level testing, and hands-on debugging of robots to support our current fleet and next gen R&D efforts. 

As an early employee at Tortuga, you’ll be fundamental to our success, growth, and culture. You’ll bring experience and a passion for our mission while also thriving in a fast-paced, flexible, and energized startup environment. You’re excited to grow your role and skills as Tortuga grows.

What you’ll do:

• Work closely with our principal EE as a member of our small and fast-paced hardware engineering team

• Perform system engineering, schematic capture, and board layout for various systems such as battery management, power, I/O, lighting, actuators, sensors, and microcontrollers

• Design cables for interconnecting PCBAs and off-the-shelf components

• Component selection, power budgeting

• Prototype and bench test new designs, develop test stands and procedures for production boards

• Debug and develop solutions for electrical issues on robots such as EMI/EMC

• Some low level firmware development

• Travel to the field approximately 10% of the time

What we’re looking for:

• Required: 3-5 years experience in design-to-commercialization of custom electronics

• Required: B.S. Electrical Engineering or relevant degree

• Strongly Preferred: Prior experience with robotics/mechatronics with complex custom board designs

• Strongly Preferred: Prior experience with minimizing EMI/EMC with custom and off-the-shelf electronics is a plus

• Prior experience with Altium Designer is a plus

• Startup experience is a major plus

• Strong communication skills

The base salary range below represents the low and high end of our salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to experience, education, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel. The range listed is just one component of Tortuga’s total compensation package for employees. To apply and see a complete list of our benefits, go to: https://www.tortugaagtech.com/careers  

Denver area base salary range: $80,000 - $115,000 per year. 

Please note you must be authorized to work in the United States for this position.

A word about COVID-19

We are highly sensitive to the difficulties that the COVID-19 pandemic brings to people, as team members and as individuals at home. We want you to be safe, to keep our team safe, and to do our part to help reduce the impact of the pandemic. We are an Essential Business and we are primarily working in our office. Our office abides by all COVID-19 guidelines established by the State of Colorado, including a strict Social Distancing policy as well as clear guidelines for wiping down surfaces and equipment, washing hands, and wearing masks.

About Tortuga

Tortuga AgTech’s mission is to build a healthier society, and a thriving planet, through smarter farming. We’re pursuing our mission by building robotic harvesting and precision analytics systems for the world’s leading fresh produce growers (delicious things like strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and herbs). We’re building not just because it’s fun, but because we believe thoughtful, well-built advanced technology can help farmers grow healthier, fresher, more environmentally sustainable produce for everyone. We’re backed by some of the most respected early-stage investors in Silicon Valley, as well as ag industry veterans. 

Tortuga means “turtle” in Spanish. Around the world, turtles are symbols of wisdom, patience, and connectedness to the Earth. We’re proud to be based in Denver, CO - a growing and leading robotics hub in North America, and a great place to live! 

Tortuga is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or ​expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.