General Software Engineer/ Field Engineer (m/f/d)

Zurich, Switzerland

At Caterra we are building alternatives to the extensive manual labor still used in modern agriculture. Today, the only alternative to herbicides in vegetable farming is a combination of mechanical hacking, flaming and hand weeding. To make scalable organic farming possible, technologies are needed that significantly reduce production costs.

Our solution: a laser-based robotic system designed to precisely target weeds, even those growing close to crops—a task that mechanical methods cannot achieve. Small, lightweight, fully electrical and chemical free!

Your Tasks

  • Improve, maintain and analyze existing software applications
  • Take the lead on the GUI and optimize the user experience
  • Help out with laser module, rover and autonomy code where needed
  • Demos and testing: Being involved in field tests and seeing your code in action.
  • Optimize ROS and communication bottlenecks

Your Profile

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
  • Advanced development experience with Python or C++
  • Front-end skills for GUI (React, JS)
  • Experienced with Linux OS
  • Independent, pragmatic work style
  • Ability to communicate fluently in English
  • Citizen of EU or EFTA countries, unfortunately we do not have the resources for the permit process

Bonus Points

  • Experience with Git, ROS2, docker, (kubernetes)
  • Experience with computer networks (TCP/IP, VPN, websockets)
  • Experience with hardware (sensors, communication interfaces)
  • Ability to communicate fluently in German (bonus: french)
  • Advanced degree or equivalent work experience

Benefits

  • Home-office and flexible work hours
  • Motivated team working together
  • Equity as part of your compensation
  • Dynamic work environment (office & field days, fast iterations)
  • Main office at ETH close to Zurich
  • Responsibility for making major decisions
  • Your work will have a major impact on European Agriculture

Interested? Get in contact!

Send us your CV and application letter through the following form!

Partner:

© 2023 All rights reserved Caterra AG.