Careers — Earth Force Technologies
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Wildfires Crisis
Wildfires are a $20 trillion crisis. Earth Force is building the technology that dramatically increases the pace and scale of fuels reduction and forest thinning—creating resilient forests and protecting people and communities from the devastating effects of wildfire.
We develop integrated computer vision systems—hardware through UI—deployed on forestry machines operating in remote forest environments. Our platform measures trees in real time, automates production reporting, and enables precision silviculture at a scale the industry has never seen. We work primarily with the U.S. Forest Service and their implementation partners under multi-year program agreements.
We’re commercially deployed and approaching scale. Our next season of growth will deliver on the capabilities our tech has developed, broadening the trust we've built with our partners to serve those working to protect land from catastrophic wildfire.
Head of Product
Earth Force is seeking a Head of Product to lead the Product function for the Guide business unit.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the Guide product roadmap, translating company strategy into prioritized product initiatives, delivery plans, and execution milestones.
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Architecture, Operations, Commercial, and Product leadership to align priorities, requirements, tradeoffs, and releases.
- Incorporate customer, operator, and field feedback into product decisions, ensuring solutions address real-world workflows and deployment challenges.
- Balance short-term deployment needs with long-term platform, product, and business objectives to drive sustainable growth.
- Build and scale the Guide Product function, including team development, product management processes, documentation standards, and prioritization frameworks.
- Drive deployment readiness and production scalability by defining success criteria and ensuring products support reliable field operations and commercial adoption.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of product management experience, including leadership responsibility.
- Experience leading products that combine hardware and software systems.
- Strong systems thinker comfortable operating across technical, operational, and customer domains simultaneously.
- Proven ability to partner effectively with highly technical engineering and architecture teams.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and building structure in fast-moving environments.
- Strong product judgment and prioritization instincts.
- Excellent communicator capable of aligning diverse stakeholders around difficult tradeoffs.
- Collaborative, low-ego leader motivated by solving meaningful real-world problems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in industrial technology, robotics, edge AI, computer vision, IoT, geospatial systems, or operational field technologies.
- Exposure to forestry, wildfire mitigation, conservation technology, natural resources, or government-regulated environments.
- Experience building PM organizations from the ground up.
- Familiarity with remote sensing or field-deployed operational systems.
Director of Program Success
We are seeking a Director of Program Success to own the delivery lifecycle for our customer programs—from pre-contract scoping through steady-state operations and expansion.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of customer programs, including onboarding, commissioning, operational milestones, SLA management, and long-term program success.
- Proactively identify and resolve delivery risks across Operations, Product, and Engineering before they impact customers.
- Partner with commercial and partnerships teams to ensure customer commitments, timelines, and SLAs align with operational and technical capabilities.
- Serve as the primary program-level contact for customers and partners, leading engagement cadences, reporting, QBRs, and issue resolution.
- Build and scale program delivery infrastructure, including playbooks, escalation protocols, reporting frameworks, and commissioning processes.
- Translate customer contracts into measurable operational plans while coordinating cross-functional execution across field, product, and engineering teams.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs with contractual commitments and SLAs.
- Strong program delivery ownership and accountability for execution against customer commitments.
- Experience working directly in the field and resolving operational issues onsite.
- Comfortable operating in remote, physically demanding environments and around heavy equipment.
- Proven ability to coordinate across Operations, Product, Engineering, and customer stakeholders.
- Ability to translate field realities into executive-level communication and operational plans.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in forestry, conservation, natural resources, defense, or other heavy-industry environments.
- Familiarity with organizations such as the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), BLM, DoD, or similar government entities.
Hardware Manufacturing Lead
We are seeking a Hardware Manufacturing Lead to join Earth Force and take ownership of how our hardware systems are built as we transition from prototype deployments to in-house manufacturing and scaled production.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the transition from prototype and contract manufacturing to scalable in-house hardware production and assembly.
- Develop and document manufacturing processes, assembly instructions, wiring diagrams, test procedures, and production workflows.
- Own electrical systems integration, troubleshooting, testing, and cross-functional coordination across hardware, software, operations, and field teams.
- Drive design-for-manufacturing (DFM) improvements to increase reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost efficiency.
- Build and maintain production infrastructure, including supply chain coordination, tooling, test equipment, Device Master Records (DMRs), and revision control processes.
Required Qualifications
- In-person in Portland, Oregon.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience building and troubleshooting real-world electrical and mechanical systems.
- Experience moving a product from prototype to low-volume production.
- Experience creating documentation such as assembly instructions, wiring diagrams, and test procedures.
- Hands-on skills including wiring, soldering, harness building, mechanical assembly, and system debugging.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with ruggedized electronics or outdoor equipment.
- Experience with vehicle power systems (12V/24V), power conditioning, and ignition systems.
- Experience with sensors, cameras, LiDAR, GPS, or communications systems.