
Burro is a pioneering company focused on developing autonomous collaborative robots designed to enhance productivity in agriculture and other outdoor environments. Their flagship product, the Burro,…

Burro is a pioneering company focused on developing autonomous collaborative robots designed to enhance productivity in agriculture and other outdoor environments. Their flagship product, the Burro,…
What they do: Build autonomous mobile robots that follow workers and carry payloads in outdoor agriculture and nursery operations
Headcount: 67 employees
Commercial traction: Hundreds of systems deployed (~300 reported) with extensive field hours
Known funding: $10.9M Series A (Sep 2021); reported total funding $36,650,000
Founded / former name: Active since ~2017; formerly operated as Augean (Augean Robotics)
Agriculture / agtech — labor-intensive field and nursery operations requiring autonomous transport and collaborative robots.
Agriculture technology; robotics
$10,900,000
Round reported with participation from F-Prime and ADM Capital / Cibus Fund in public coverage
“Raised institutional venture capital including S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures; participants reported include F-Prime and Cibus Fund.”
Burro is the leading robotics company in the world by number of robots working outdoors in the field with real customers. Our mission is to free people from tedious work and solve the critical labor shortages faced by farmers and others that work outdoors.
To accomplish our mission, we need a world-class, diverse team where everyone feels comfortable sharing their ideas. With this in mind, we strive to create a work environment where every employee can be themselves and express their perspective – this enables us to deliver the most creative and innovative solutions to problems our customers face.
Headquartered in Philadelphia with an office in central California, and backed by top Agtech and autonomy investors, including S2G, Catalyst Investors, Translink Capital, Cibus, FPrime, Toyota Ventures, FFVC, Xplorer, and Radicle, Burro was created to solve the labor shortages facing farmers using robotics.
Burros can be described as Disney's Wall-E for agriculture and work outdoors, in a 1.0 format. They function, today, as computer vision based autonomous ground vehicles for carrying, towing, and scouting, and are designed to lay the base for the fully autonomous future of work outdoors. We have a growing triple digit fleet deployed in paid commercial use within vineyards, nurseries, berries, and beyond, and demand for our product is accelerating, so we are growing our team.
About you: We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Quality Assurance Software Engineer with experience in robotics and autonomous systems to join our team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring the quality and reliability of our robotics software, working closely with our User Acceptance Testing, DevOps, and Engineering teams to ensure seamless development, testing, and deployment workflows, and helping to design, build, and deploy cutting-edge agricultural and industrial autonomous robots.
We are looking for a teammate who shares our enthusiasm for working with collaborative robots made to handle the tedious and physically demanding parts of agricultural work, has a passion for delivering a high-quality end-to-end user experience, and maintains a collaborative attitude that supports and uplifts everyone they work with.
RECRUITERS: We are not accepting agency resumes for this position. Please do not forward or submit resumes through our website or to any of our employees directly. Burro is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
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Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or test engineering, preferably in robotics, embedded systems, or autonomous systems.
Strong experience designing and implementing software testing methodologies, including unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing.
Familiarity with robotic simulation tools such as Gazebo or similar.
Exceptional problem-solving skills and a keen attention to detail.
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a dynamic team environment.
Proficiency in Python or C++ for test automation and scripting.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
Familiarity with Linux-based development environments.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
Desired Qualifications:
Familiarity with ROS (Robot Operating System) or similar robotics middleware.
Experience robustly testing robotic software systems in simulation and data-replay settings that may not be deterministic.
Experience testing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) systems.
Knowledge of computer vision and machine learning testing practices.
Familiarity with safety standards and compliance testing for autonomous systems.
A background in agricultural technology, industrial automation, or outdoor robotics.