Job description

THE MISSION

Four Grower’s team is developing next-generation farming technologies that will enable farmers to grow fresh, affordable, and local produce. Our robots interact with complex natural environments and navigate a space that’s never seen automation.

YOUR ROLE

As the Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will have the opportunity to develop a tomato harvesting robot through its entire life cycle; scope, design, manufacture, verification/validation, scale, and support. You will help deploy the systems onsite at partnered greenhouses across the globe and directly contribute to harvesting the produce you see on your grocery store shelves.

As part of Four Grower’s team, you will report to the Director of Hardware Engineering to bring robots from technical-proof-of-concept to full scale production. This position will be production focused while still maintaining some R&D aspects. Duties include establishing DFMA practices, production planning, cost control, production planning, vendor selection.

NEEDED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering/ Electrical Engineering or related fields.

NEEDED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Integrated multiple motor families: Achieved scale using different motor and controller packages.
• CAD: Knowledge of CAD Modeling software (e.g. Solidworks, AutoCAD)
• Vendor Management: Managed vendor relationships and vetting them for scale.
• Production planning: Planning the manufacturing infrastructure needed including facility needs, inventory systems, end of line testing, etc.
• Cost driven design: Led the effort of taking a base design and reducing the production time and cost.
• Production: Manufactured profitable commercial robotic equipment at low quantities of 10 and 100.
• Environmentals: Has designed for outdoor and mobile robotics systems.

DETAILS

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Travel: required, ~10% with international travel
Benefits: 401k, Medical, Dental, Vision

CONTACT
careers@fourgrowers.com

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Turtle Creek, PA 15145: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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