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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Autonomous Field Test Engineer - **Company:** Blue River Technology - **Location:** Iowa City, IA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $91,000.0 - $137,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer Vision, Confluence, JIRA, CAN Bus, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Linux, Embedded Software, Ethernet, Google Docs, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Systems Development Life Cycle, Robotic Automation Software, Systems Architecture, System Testing, Gerrit, Build Management, Jenkins, Artifactory - **Published:** July 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=aeaa0b9c1f713b6f ## About the Role * 2+ years of experience testing high-tech vehicles, robotics, or agricultural products. * Familiarity with maintenance, repair, and reprogramming of heavy equipment. * Experience within agriculture operations, operating various types of machinery. * Experience translating system and customer needs into testable requirements. * Solid understanding of software complexity and system architecture interaction. * Advanced experience with complex systems development; hardware- and software-focused understanding of meeting high-level systems needs. * Capable of creating the documentation for system validation; experienced in complex systems support. * Scrappiness and perseverance; demonstrated ability to be successful in uncertain situations, and high degree of agility and creativity to adapt and react to learnings. Preferred Experience and Skills * Linux familiarity, including script programming, CANbus networking and Ethernet networking. * Excellent brainstorming, creative thinking and communication skills. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * Ability to operate, plan, and execute within the presence of uncertainty. * Experience debugging electro-mechanical and/or perception systems. * Comfortable working + independently and within teams, in parallel, and asynchronously + across team boundaries, with developers and field engineering + across products, features and components, in parallel. * Maintain good rapport with customers and vendors. * BS or higher in Engineering or related field. * Design of agricultural equipment. * Experience with documentation and tracking tools such as Jira, Confluence, Google Docs. * Experience with code source, build management, and deployment systems (Github/Gerrit, Jenkins, Artifactory). * Skills in Python or other language. Only individual applicants will be considered. We do not work with unsolicited third-party agencies or proxy interview services. ## Description Our Vehicle Autonomy Team is looking for a highly skilled Software Field Test Engineer to deliver the promise of autonomy to the world's farm fields. As a Test Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering trust in our autonomous solutions. We are looking for someone who thrives solving unconstrained problems, enjoys probing systems for vulnerabilities, and has a history of breaking things with the intent to make them better. In this role, you will be responsible for defining, developing, and performing feature-level testing on machinery and test setups. The schedule is ambitious and the agricultural season waits for no one. We tackle our objectives with multi-functional engineering teams consisting of systems and embedded software, test and QA, mechatronics, computer vision, and machine learning engineers. Our team is empowered to figure out how to overcome challenges and plan and prioritize work; everyone is a key contributor., This person will serve as the lead for reproducing field issues, debugging, documenting, prototyping, and system testing of new technologies that will be revolutionary in robotic and computer vision-based systems for agriculture. The ideal candidate will have system-level curiosity, enjoy a fast-paced environment, and will deliver results regardless of challenges. A combination, not necessarily all-inclusive, of the following: * Build detailed test plans; compile and analyze test results. Formulate conclusions and make recommendations. * Work closely with all Blue River and John Deere engineering teams to establish holistic tests and drive feature improvements. * Plan and guide the integration of complex multidisciplinary robotic systems, collaborating with multiple groups of engineers across Blue River and John Deere. * Evaluate product failures using advanced engineering techniques. * Integrate and/or install software at a system and subsystem (component) level. * Perform exploratory testing to understand potential test plan gaps. ## Related Videos - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [The AI Skills Gap: What Tech Leaders Must Get Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1704-the-ai-skills-gap-what-tech-leaders-must-get-right) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Keep your code refactorable](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/381-keep-your-code-refactorable) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools) - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology)