Performance Quality Technician

Carbon Robotics; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO Stock Options

Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision

Flexible PTO

401(k) plan

Job summary

Carbon Robotics is seeking a Performance Quality Technician to diagnose and resolve systemic data issues in our high-resolution imagery dataset. You will work directly with farmers, collect field feedback, and coordinate with support, Deep Learning, engineering, and field teams to drive rapid, effective resolutions and keep customers operating smoothly.

You will audit datasets, validate solutions, and translate field tests into systemic improvements while traveling to farms 25–50% of the time to

Qualifications

• Education or professional experience in Agronomy or Farming is required.
• Strong understanding of agricultural industry practices, operations and culture.
• Data annotation experience desired.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently.
• Highly organized with strong time management to handle multiple priorities.
• Collaborative mindset with customers and internal teams.
• High attention to detail and ability to produce accurate reporting.
• Proficiency in Google Suite and Confluence preferred.
• Ability to identify high-risk situations and make safe decisions based on process.
• Willingness to travel to farms 25–50%.

Responsibilities

• Gain deep understanding of system operation and potential failure modes.
• Audit data to ensure clean, appropriate datasets.
• Collaborate with support to investigate issues and ensure data integrity.
• Validate solutions, document results and capture customer feedback.
• Translate field tests and model issues into actionable improvements.
• Prepare cases for field personnel reviewing labels and predictions.
• Identify performance issues and work with engineers on solutions.
• Conduct field experiments to improve system performance.

Skills

Agronomy

Farming

Data annotation

Problem solving

Time management

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Reporting

Google Suite

Confluence

Risk assessment

Travel readiness

Education

Agronomy or Farming background

Tools

Google Suite

Confluence

Job description

Carbon Robotics is the leader in physical AI for agriculture, helping farmers become more profitable and sustainable. Its flagship product, the LaserWeeder™, is the world’s leading commercial laser weeding system with hundreds of units operated by farmers in 15 countries worldwide.

LaserWeeder combines computer vision, AI, robotics, and high-powered lasers to identify weeds and destroy them with sub-millimeter precision—no herbicides, hand labor, or soil disturbance required. Growers achieve weed control cost reductions of up to 80% and crop yield increases of 5–50%, with payback in one to three years. The system is powered by Carbon AI’s Large Plant Model (LPM), trained on 150 million labeled plants, and can start weeding any crop or field in minutes.

The company’s second product is Carbon Autonomy, the most dependable tractor autonomy solution. Carbon Autonomy includes a retrofit tractor autonomy kit for John Deere tractors, autonomy software, and remote supervision for real-time interventions if required.

Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, Washington State, USA and has raised $185 million in capital since 2018 from leading investors including NVIDIA’s NVentures and BOND.

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Performance Quality Technician

As a Performance Quality Technician at Carbon Robotics, you will be responsible for identifying, diagnosing, and resolving systemic issues across our dataset of high-resolution imagery. You’ll address performance issues and conduct field experiments and data analysis to diagnose root causes. Working directly with farmers is a key part of this role, you’ll build relationships with growers, listen to their feedback, conduct field studies, and translate what you learn into systemic improvements, serving as a bridge between our customers and our engineering teams. You’ll also respond to high-priority field issues; when customers hit critical problems, you’ll move quickly to investigate, diagnose root causes, and coordinate with support, Deep Learning, engineering, and field teams to drive fast, effective resolutions that keep our customers running.

Are you ready to help design our line of LaserWeeders that solve real problems in our food supply?

What You’ll Do:

• Gain deep understanding of how the system works, and what can cause it to not work optimally
• Audit data to ensure clean and appropriate datasets
• Work closely with support to help investigate issues and determine what is needed to ensure data integrity
• Validate solutions, document results and document customer feedback
• Translate field tests and model issues, and analyze customer feedback
• Prepare cases for field personnel to review labels/predictions
• Uncover performance related issues and work with engineers on solutions
• Conduct field experiments to help improve performance

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Success:

• Education or professional experience in Agronomy or Farming
• Strong understanding of agricultural industry practices, operations and culture.
• Data annotation experience
• Highly motivated, independent thinker with great problem solving skills
• Highly organized with excellent time management to juggle multiple priorities at the same time
• Collaboration skills to work with customers and internal teams simultaneously
• High level of attention to detail & the ability to think strategically
• Detail-oriented, with proven ability to deliver accurate reporting
• Intermediate to advanced Google Suite and Confluence skills desired
• Ability to identify and address high risk situations & make safe independent decisions based on process
• Traveling to farms required - 25-50%

Why would you join Carbon Robotics?

Passion for building teams capable of solving uniquely interesting problems. Innovation while disrupting the market is what we do. Profiled in WSJ and Forbes, Carbon Robotics is poised to become the next billion dollar company in the rapidly growing worldwide Ag-Tech industry.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full time US based* employees, including:

• Competitive salaries
• Pre-IPO Stock Options
• Generous Benefits:
  • Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and all dependents
    • Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
    • Virtual Care - Doctor on Demand
    • Employee Assistance Program
  • Mental Health HRA
  • Restricted Healthcare Travel support
  • Menopause Support
  • Life Insurance
  • Long Term Disability
  • Flexible PTO
  • 401(k) plan
  • Pet Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits
• Work Culture: Be a part of an inclusive and tight-knit company culture that values innovation and mission-driven success.

* Internationally based employees benefits varies & Contractors are not eligible for Carbon Robotics Benefits or Stock

Carbon Robotics is building a culture of diversity and inclusion for all. We welcome everyone’s voice and believe in open and transparent communication. We believe the best products, services, and companies are built by strong teams that include a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences. We are committed to supporting and enabling growth and opportunity for every employee at every level. This is the foundation to which we will build a truly unique environment.

We are equally committed to equal employment opportunity, and it is foundational to how we recruit and hire our talented team. Employment is determined based upon capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including potential pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability , HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

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