Mechanical Design Engineer

Pune, India – Full-time

Position Overview

EarthSense is a growing startup looking for mechanical engineers to lead the production efforts of our new technologies. Our team has created a family of autonomous robots and we need talented individuals to bring them from prototype to product. Join us for an exciting role on our small, yet passionate team!

About Us

EarthSense is a small start-up creating dramatic, new, robotic possibilities for crop breeders, plant protection product developers,  crop scientists, farmers, and field agronomists. Our first robot—TerraSentia—improves the quantity, accuracy, cost and speed of in-field plant trait data collection, especially for under-canopy traits that  cannot be obtained from aerial data.  Our machine vision and machine learning based analytics seamlessly convert field data to specific, actionable information about plant-traits. Join us at the beginning of our historic journey into agriculture automation. 

Check us out in the press, we have come a long way in a short period of time. 

About You (Experience) 

  • Educational background in mechanical engineering

  • 3-5 years experience designing in Solidworks, other parametric design experience is relevant

  • 1+ years Solidworks Simulation for vehicle analysis

  • Experience in suspension and drive train design

  • Experience in assembly creation and troubleshooting

  • Experience creating manufactured assemblies at scale and making decisions related to manufacturing style and tolerancing

It is a Plus if You Have:

  • Comfort in independent problem solving

  • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and documentation

  • Experience designing robots and/or off-road vehicles

  • Experience working in the agricultural machinery industry 

Why Us?

We have a flexible work environment where your output matters most. We treat every employee as a responsible adult with the autonomy of creating their own schedule. 

  • Compensation is commensurate with work experience

  • Take time off when you need it, we do not track your time, only your results 

  • Professional development resources

  • Diverse experience being a part of a small start-up with high growth potential 

  • Opportunity to work on cutting edge product development from scratch

  • Opportunity to attend and represent Earthsense in technical events such as ROSCons, national as well as international Techfests etc

  • Opportunity to travel to the customer site and make an impact on product development as well as on Earthsense business

  • Competitive salary along with various resources to grow professionally such as up-skill allowance, leadership allowance etc

The role is what you make it! We are growing and there are limitless ways to grow with us 

Applying

Please send a resume and brief introduction to indiajobs@earthsense.co