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title: 'Security at TerraFirma Robotics'
canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/security-terrafirma-robotics-858d886dew3g'
type: 'job'
last_seen: '2026-11-02'
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# Security at TerraFirma Robotics

- **Company:** TerraFirma Robotics
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://www.ashbyhq.com/security

## About TerraFirma Robotics

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Construction technology, autonomous robotics, heavy civil infrastructure
- **Target customers**: General contractors, excavation companies, infrastructure developers (B2B)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Build societal scale infrastructure for a brighter future” – applying AI, robotics, and novel processes to transform construction on Earth and eventually enable a Mars settlement.

## Products & Services
- **Mission Control**: Remote command-and-control center that coordinates dynamic construction operations via small, highly efficient crews.
- **Autonomy (Retrofitted Machinery)**: Aftermarket autonomy kits for heavy equipment (excavators, dozers) that allow lean crews to design and trigger autonomous workflows.
- **Mission Planner**: AI-enabled pre-construction software suite for project bidding, planning, simulation, and execution.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Headcount ~20 employees (as of mid‑2025); actively hiring with 20 open positions
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Bain Capital Ventures (lead investor); customers/partners include Starbucks, Reger Holdings, Flintrock Commercial, Thomas Randolph Excavation
- **Growth Signals**: Deployed on multiple real job sites (Austin, Taylor, Texas); monthly job posting growth of +5.3%; LinkedIn follower growth of +5.0% per month; expanding from earthmoving into underground utilities, concrete, and structural steel.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Human-in-the-loop autonomy** – one operator can run multiple retrofitted machines remotely, improving labor efficiency.
- **Multi-layer safety system** with automatic person detection and obstacle avoidance.
- **AI‑driven planning & simulation** reduces project risk and enables faster execution (multiple shifts per day).
- **Founding team blends construction expertise with deep tech backgrounds** (SpaceX, Tesla, Anduril, MIT, Princeton).

## Strategic Focus
- Near‑term: Scale deployment of autonomous earthmoving on commercial job sites; expand capabilities to underground utilities, concrete, and structural steel.
- Long‑term: Pioneer the technological stack needed to re‑industrialize America and eventually build infrastructure on Mars.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission‑driven startup founded by former SpaceX engineers; emphasis on solving hard, real‑world problems in heavy civil construction.
- **Work policy**: In‑office at Austin, TX headquarters (on‑site workspace).
- **Notable perks/engineering culture**: Small, tight‑knit team (20 people) with high ownership; exposure to full‑stack robotics (perception, motion planning, embedded, UI/UX, mission control); direct impact on product deployed at live job sites.
- **Recent hires from**: SpaceX, The Boring Company, Gauntlet AI, Palantir – indicating a high‑caliber peer group.

## Sources
1. [terrafirma.inc](https://terrafirma.inc/)
2. [LinkedIn – TerraFirma](https://www.linkedin.com/company/terrafirmatech)
3. [Built In – TerraFirma, Inc](https://builtin.com/company/terrafirma-inc)
4. [Ashby Careers – TerraFirma](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/TerraFirma)

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