Dairy Farm Field Technician (Smart Monitoring)

Spade; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spade is seeking a Technical Dairy Field Operator to deploy Nexa systems on dairy farms, troubleshoot hardware and software, and collect field data to inform product improvements.

This hands-on role requires comfort working around cattle, driving between farms, and building strong relationships with farmers and dairy staff. Opportunities exist to grow into more senior operations and management roles as you gain experience.

Qualifications

• Experience on dairy farms, livestock ops, or large animals.
• Hands-on and mechanically inclined—able to build, install, fix, and troubleshoot physical systems.
• Willingness to travel between farms and work on-site in field deployments.
• Comfort with startup pace, ambiguity, and fast iteration.
• Ability to learn unfamiliar hardware, software, electronics, and networking.

Responsibilities

• Deploy Nexa systems on dairy farms, including cow tagging, microchipping, and setting up field infrastructure.
• Work hands-on with cattle and dairy personnel during deployments and testing.
• Gather farmer feedback and translate field observations into input for engineering.
• Onboard farmers and serve as a hands-on point of contact for troubleshooting.
• Assemble, configure, diagnose, and repair gateways, receivers, cameras, and field equipment.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, power, software configuration, networking, and device issues in the field.
• Lead special deployments and data collection efforts, including multi-camera/multi-device systems.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve products and contribute to prototypes and test setups.

Skills

Hands-on troubleshooting

Mechanical aptitude

Technical curiosity

Interpersonal skills

Farm environment resilience

Self-motivation

Tools

Gateways

Receivers

Cameras

Electronics debugging

Multimeter

Job description

Spade is seeking a Technical Dairy Field Operator to deploy Nexa systems on dairy farms, troubleshoot hardware and software, and collect field data to inform product improvements.

This hands-on role requires comfort working around cattle, driving between farms, and building strong relationships with farmers and dairy staff. Opportunities exist to grow into more senior operations and management roles as you gain experience.