Senior AI Engineer - Ag Robotics (Remote, Equity)

Placements24; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote

International health insurance

Significant equity options

Professional development budget

Innovative work culture

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior AI Engineer for our remote farming robotics team. You will design and deploy AI for autonomous farming systems, including navigation, weed detection, crop health, and yield estimation, leveraging CV and deep learning.

Bring a strong foundation in robotics, perception, and embedded AI, plus collaboration across cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑impact automated agricultural solutions from anywhere.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, AI or related field.
• 6+ years in AI/ML engineering with emphasis on computer vision and deep learning.
• Strong Python and/or C++ programming with AI/ML framework experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize AI algorithms for agricultural robots using computer vision, sensor fusion and ML.
• Train deep learning models for weed detection, crop health, fruit ripeness and autonomous navigation.
• Integrate AI modules into robotic platforms and ensure robustness in field conditions.
• Create and maintain simulation environments to validate AI before deployment.
• Collaborate with robotics engineers, software developers, and domain experts to define requirements.
• Optimize models for real-time performance on embedded systems.
• Test, validate, and iterate AI systems using performance metrics.
• Stay current with AI, ML, CV, and robotics advances and apply innovations.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

Computer vision

Software engineering

Python / C++

ROS

TensorFlow / PyTorch / Keras

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/EE/Robotics/AI or related

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

ROS

OpenCV

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Senior AI Engineer for our remote farming robotics team. You will design and deploy AI for autonomous farming systems, including navigation, weed detection, crop health, and yield estimation, leveraging CV and deep learning.

Bring a strong foundation in robotics, perception, and embedded AI, plus collaboration across cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑impact automated agricultural solutions from anywhere.