Hardware Engineer

San Francisco. Posted 5 days ago

The role

This person will design, build, and improve agricultural camera systems. They will work on mechanical CAD, electrical integration, and troubleshooting for hardware used on tractors and farm vehicles.

What you will do

Own mechanical design projects
Build and integrate electrical systems
Make repeatable testing processes
Troubleshoot hardware
Develop assembly and subassembly QA
Design for real-world use
Support production and manufacturing, while iteratively improving designs

Required qualifications

3+ years of professional hardware or mechanical engineering experience developing electromechanical products, with hands-on work across both
Strong mechanical design and 3D CAD skills, including complex assemblies, production drawings, tolerancing, materials, fasteners, and DFM
Experience designing machined, sheet-metal, and 3D-printed components and taking designs from concept to production hardware
Practical electrical skills: reading wiring schematics, selecting components, building harnesses, crimping and soldering, and troubleshooting power and connectivity
Experience building prototypes and developing hardware tests end-to-end
Ability to own projects independently while working closely with our Hardware Lead on priorities and design decisions
Clear documentation and communication, careful follow-through, and willingness to move between CAD, the workbench, and production troubleshooting

Nice to have

Experience with cameras, NVIDIA Jetson, Linux
Test fixtures, production QA, environmental testing, or rugged hardware
Sheet-metal enclosure design and PEM hardware
PCB design and board-level debugging

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% of employee premiums covered
The opportunity to own hardware projects end to end

About the company

Orchard is securing America's food supply by building the AI Farmer that automates farms. They build AI-powered camera systems that mount to tractors to capture data on crop health and yield.