Key Responsibilities
- Own the intelligent equipment strategy, defining how Agerpoint’s digital infrastructure is deployed on machines in the field
- Translate plant-level data into equipment-ready applications: intelligent spray control, autonomy triggers, actuation, and in-field on-device analytics
- Represent Agerpoint at the boardroom and field level with OEMs, growers, and innovation partners
- Design integration pathways that bridge multimodal data LiDAR, multispectral, RGB, and field telemetry into actionable, real-time machine intelligence.
- Position Agerpoint as the core data and analytics player in the emerging agriculture equipment ecosystem
- Lead collaborations with global equipment manufacturers and automation partners
- Recruit and mentor high-performing talent across product, engineering, and partnerships to establish the “Intelligent Equipment” division as a growth driver within Agerpoint
- Structure and manage proof-of-concepts that evolve into scaled product integrations
- Serve as executive sponsor and commercial driver for joint development programs
- Shape an interoperable data ecosystem that allows Agerpoint’s platform to interface with OEM systems, robotics middleware, and grower decision (FMS) platforms
- Architect solutions that align with the future of machine-native multimodal sensing and edge AI
- Partner with Agerpoint’s product, data science, and engineering teams to build deployable, real-time analytics pipelines
- Define integration pathways for Agerpoint’s plant-level geometry engine and sensing stack into third-party systems
- Deliver measurable value to growers: reduced chemical usage, yield lift, and operational efficiency
Qualifications
- 10+ years in ag equipment, robotics, ag-tech, or OEM partnerships with increasing scope and responsibility
- Proven track record of leading complex partnerships, including joint development agreements or embedded integrations
- Familiarity with sensing, automation, and control systems for spraying, harvesting, or robotic field operations
- Ability to speak both technical and commercial languages; comfortable closing a field test or a boardroom deal
- Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to operate in high-growth, venture-backed environments
- Preference for candidates based in the Research Triangle (RTP), NC, or within proximity to major agricultural regions where Agerpoint operates
Top Skills
What We Do
Agerpoint is an innovator in geospatial intelligence and data engineering that develops technologies to digitize, analyze and comprehend the natural world.
Through a combination of artificial intelligence, high performance computing, computer vision and advanced analytics, the Agerpoint platform fuses together sensor data from mobile devices, terrestrial vehicles, drones and satellites with other information and human observations to create a highly precise, quantifiable and interactive digital record to enable better decision-making for clients across agrochemical and food and beverage R&D, forestry, production agriculture, government and conservation organizations.
Agerpoint's Know Your Carbon™ serves to provide credibility and transparency to carbon credits by leveraging Agerpoint’s unique ability to create highly accurate 3D plant models and efficiently extract physical measurements and health information using automation and AI.
Know Your Carbon™ was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a winner of the Carbon Market Challenge as announced at the UN’s Climate Change Conference, COP 26. Agerpoint was also named a 2022 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
With these advancements, our mission is to improve quality of life for our planet’s inhabitants and mitigate climate change by enabling a transformational shift in how we measure and understand plants, crops and forests.