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 Embedded Software Engineer at Tortuga, you’ll bring knowledge of hardware, firmware, and software to work on a variety of hardware interfaces and develop firmware to support our robot fleet. You’ll excel in either C or C++ (preferably both!) and have the opportunity to work on advanced, novel, and custom solutions to interesting and challenging on-farm robotic problems. Your work will span power systems, compute, sensor and motor interfaces, and interfaces with the software stack.

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

What you’ll do

• Integrate communications from hardware on custom PCBs of a variety of types (cameras, motor controllers, microcontrollers, etc.) to low level software interfaces

• Write microcontroller code to support hardware interfaces and sensors

• Debug communication bus, kernel level, and software level faults and handle these gracefully

• Work closely with the hardware team to evaluate and implement new solutions

• Create C++ wrappers to communicate with higher level software

• Up to 10% travel, with potential for international travel

What we’re looking for

• Required: 2-5 years professional experience in robotics, firmware, or integration

• Required: Professional software development experience using C programming language, ideally on microcontrollers running an RTOS

• Required: Some C++ and Python programming proficiency, and ideally prior knowledge of ROS

• Required: B.S. Computer Engineering, Electrical engineering, or relevant degree

• Startup experience a major plus

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

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.  

Denver area base salary range: $90,000 - $120,000 per year. Relocation assistance is available for out-of-state candidates.

All salaried, full-time employees receive:

• Meaningful company equity

• Unlimited paid time off

• 401K plan with 3% employer contribution

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 

• Flexible working hours 

• Annual wellness stipend  

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 many of our team members are back in the office now due to the hands-on work needed with our robots. 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.