How to apply for Deployment Manager

About Burro

Burro makes autonomous ground vehicles that carry, tow, and scout in outdoor agricultural settings. The company has a triple-digit fleet deployed in paid commercial use with real customers in vineyards, nurseries, and berries. Backed by investors including Toyota Ventures and S2G, Burro is headquartered in Philadelphia with an office in central California.

About the role

The Deployment Manager reports to the VP of Customer Success and leads the technical activation of Burro's autonomous robots at customer sites. This role is the bridge between the product and the farm: you ensure robots are set up, configured, and running reliably in the field. Success means customers see immediate value from their Burro fleet and the deployment process scales as demand grows.

A typical day

A typical day might start with a drive to a customer vineyard or nursery to install and configure a new Burro robot. You would run tests, train the farm staff on daily operation, and troubleshoot any issues that come up. Later you might document the deployment and debrief with the VP of Customer Success on what could be improved for the next site.

Who Burro is looking for

• Hands-on experience deploying hardware or robotics in field environments, ideally agriculture or construction
• Comfortable troubleshooting autonomy, computer vision, or sensor issues on-site and training customer staff
• Able to travel frequently to customer locations in central California and other agricultural regions
• Strong communicator who can explain technical details to non-technical farm operators and report back to engineering

Tips for this application

• Highlight any experience with outdoor or agricultural robots, not just warehouse or factory automation.
• Name specific crops or environments you have worked in (vineyards, nurseries, berries) if applicable.
• Show you understand the labor shortage problem Burro solves by referencing a real farming challenge you have seen or read about.
• Mention your willingness and ability to travel to central California and customer sites regularly.
• Use your cover letter to describe a time you deployed a technical product at a customer site and solved a problem on the spot.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your hands-on experience activating hardware or robots in the field, especially in agriculture or outdoor settings.', 'How you have trained or supported customers who are not technical, such as farm workers or operators.', 'Your ability to work cross-functionally with engineering and customer success to improve deployment processes.', "Your understanding of Burro's mission to reduce farm labor strain and why that matters to you."]

Research before applying

• Burro's current product capabilities: what the robots can carry, tow, and scout, and how they navigate.
• The types of farms Burro serves (vineyards, nurseries, berries) and the labor challenges in those specific crops.
• Burro's investors and recent funding rounds to understand growth stage and expectations.
• The central California agricultural region and its major crops, since the office is there and deployments likely happen nearby.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Walk through a deployment you led from start to finish. What went wrong and how did you fix it?
• How would you train a farm crew with no robotics experience to use a Burro robot daily?
• What metrics would you use to measure a successful deployment?
• Describe a time you had to debug a hardware or software issue in the field with limited resources.
• Why do you want to work on agricultural robotics specifically, and what do you know about Burro's current customers?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying without any mention of field or outdoor hardware experience, which is central to this role.
• Focusing only on software or remote support when the job requires on-site activation and travel.
• Using generic language about 'robotics' without connecting to agriculture or Burro's specific use case.