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# Sr Robotics Software Engineer IC4 at Blue River Technology

- **Company:** Blue River Technology
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-19
- **Apply:** https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/job/?gh_jid=8212518

## Job description

Summary

We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to create intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for our customers. We empower our customers – farmers, construction crews, and foresters - to implement safer and more sustainable solutions, driving increased profitability with less reliance on scarce labor. We believe that focusing on the small stuff – pixel-by-pixel and task-by-task - leads to big gains.

Blue River Technology is based in Santa Clara, CA.

Job Responsibilities

- Leads the design and implementation of complex full stack solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Identifies system inefficiencies and drives architectural improvements, ensuring high-quality deliverables across projects.
- Mentors junior engineers, providing technical guidance and support through coaching, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Leads cross-functional collaboration efforts, ensuring seamless integration of features and adherence to product specifications.
- The employee participates in, and often leads, the design and development of software algorithms for intelligent agricultural robots/machines. Specifically, efforts are focused on improving the accuracy of and reducing the redundancy of commercial agricultural chemical applications used in the growing and cultivating of large-scale crops.

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field plus 2 years of related experience.
- Required skills:
- Develop real-time capable software in C++ for Linux.
- Experience with benchmarking and improving jitter in end-to-end latency (1 yr).
- Use git and Bazel to build, test, and deploy vehicle software and firmware (1 yr).
- Develop pub-sub systems that interact with sensors and actuators on robotics systems via CAN and Ethernet (1 yr).
- Experience building end-to-end testing solutions for data-driven software, including unit, integration, HIL, and regression testing (1 yr).
- Implement vehicle software utilizing ROS and robotics software packages such as AOS, Flatbuffers, Protobufs (1 yr).
- May work remotely; periodic time in office required; must live within commuting distance of office.
- Up to 20% domestic and international travel required for in-field testing, data collection, R&D, and system deployments at customer sites.

The US annual base salary range for this position is $138,237 - $261,000, along with eligibility for Blue River’s bonus and benefit programs.

## #LI-DNI

## About Blue River Technology

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Blue River Technology builds intelligent machinery that uses computer vision and machine learning to enable precision agriculture, helping farmers reduce herbicide use and increase sustainability.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Subsidiary of John Deere)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, USA
- **Founded**: Not publicly available from provided sources
- **Founders**: Not publicly available from provided sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Agricultural robotics, precision agriculture, computer vision, machine learning
- **Target customers**: Farmers, agricultural businesses, and large-scale crop producers (B2B)
- **Mission or purpose**: “We believe intelligent machines make the world’s hardest jobs safer, smarter, and more sustainable.” [bluerivertechnology.com](https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/)

## Products & Services
- **[See & Spray™](https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/)**: A precision spraying system that uses computer vision and machine learning to distinguish crops from weeds in real time. It applies herbicide only where needed, reducing chemical usage and improving field health. (Hardware + Software + AI)
- **Autonomy Platform**: End-to-end autonomy software stack for agricultural, construction, mining, and forestry machinery, combining real-time perception, control, and scalable architecture. (SaaS/embedded software)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (subsidiary of John Deere, a public company with ~$100B market cap)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – Not publicly available; Total Funding – Not applicable (acquired by John Deere in 2017)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: John Deere (parent company)
- **Growth Signals**: Actively hiring across multiple roles (Remote-US and Santa Clara, CA); expanding See & Spray technology to new crops and geographies; applying core competencies to construction, mining, and forestry sectors. [greenhouse.io](https://boards.greenhouse.io/bluerivertech)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary computer vision and ML models** that operate reliably on moving machinery in messy, outdoor field conditions.
- **Deep integration with John Deere’s distribution, manufacturing, and customer network**, providing scale and market access that competitors lack.
- **Real-time plant-level identification** enables precise, variable-rate herbicide application, reducing chemical use by up to 90% in some cases.
- **Cross-industry applicability**: The same autonomy platform is being adapted for construction, mining, and forestry, broadening the addressable market.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale See & Spray™ adoption** across more crops, regions, and farming practices.
- **Extend autonomy capabilities** to John Deere’s broader equipment lineup (construction, mining, forestry) to create a unified intelligent machinery platform.
- **Continue investing in ML, robotics, and field testing** to improve reliability and reduce cost per acre.
- **Maintain a hybrid-first, agile engineering culture** while leveraging the resources of a Fortune 500 parent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Mission-first, people-centric” with real ownership and impact. Teams are cross-disciplinary and move fast, with a strong emphasis on field testing and customer feedback. [bluerivertechnology.com/culture](https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/culture/)
- **Work Model**: Hybrid-first – most roles are Remote-US, with several in-person “Culture & Collaboration Weeks” per year at the Santa Clara office. Some roles require on-site presence (e.g., Field Test Engineer in North Carolina). [greenhouse.io](https://boards.greenhouse.io/bluerivertech)
- **Benefits**: Medical, Dental & Vision (multiple plans), 401(k) with company match, Health Savings Account with contributions, Mental Health Support (EAP), flexible PTO and paid holidays (including volunteer time off), Disability & Life Insurance. [bluerivertechnology.com/careers](https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/careers/)
- **Engineering Rigor**: “Startup autonomy and engineering rigor” – teams own end-to-end systems, work on ML, robotics, and large-scale real-world deployments, and are expected to step in wherever the system needs improvement. [greenhouse.io](https://boards.greenhouse.io/bluerivertech)
- **Hiring Process**: Transparent and inclusive – initial interview, exploratory conversations, coding test (if applicable), virtual onsite video interviews, office meet & greet, offer. Accessibility accommodations available. [greenhouse.io](https://boards.greenhouse.io/bluerivertech)

## Sources
1. [bluerivertechnology.com – Homepage](https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/)
2. [bluerivertechnology.com – Careers](https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/careers/)
3. [bluerivertechnology.com – Culture](https://www.bluerivertechnology.com/culture/)
4. [greenhouse.io – Blue River Technology Job Board](https://boards.greenhouse.io/bluerivertech)
5. [LinkedIn – Blue River Technology](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bluerivertech)

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