Founding Design Engineer
Orchard
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San Francisco, CA · Posted November 6, 2026
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About the job
At Orchard, we’re securing America’s food supply by building the AI Farmer that automates our nation’s farms. We are the industry leader, growing rapidly, and backed by more than $25 million from lead