Transform 800,000 hectares of greenhouses into fully-autonomous food production sites

At eternal.ag, we're building the future of sustainable food production. Our mission is to convert the world's existing greenhouses into fully-autonomous facilities that can produce fresh food year-round - addressing the critical need to double food production by 2050 while facing severe labor shortages, water scarcity, and climate challenges.

Your Role

We’re hiring Robotics Field Operations Specialists (Netherlands) to be our on-site first responder for autonomous greenhouse deployments. Based in the Netherlands near our greenhouse sites, you’ll keep robots and systems running, showing up when something needs a human presence, fixing issues that can’t be solved remotely, and helping autonomy improve by bringing crisp field reality back to the team.

This is hands-on, high-judgment work at the boundary between software, mechanics, and production. You’ll be the person who can look at a robot, the environment, and the situation—and make the right call fast.

What You'll Do

Respond to on-site incidents and operational blockers

When a robot hits a physical edge case—an obstruction, a hardware fault, an unexpected environmental condition—you’ll be the first person on the scene. You’ll assess severity, stabilize the situation, and decide whether to fix it on the spot, coordinate a remote recovery, or escalate to engineering with clear evidence.

Perform hands-on troubleshooting and lightweight repairs

You’ll get robots back online quickly by clearing jams, reseating connectors, swapping components, resetting hardware, and performing basic maintenance. You’ll use tools confidently and work methodically—solving the immediate problem while also noting what likely caused it.

Work as “boots on the ground” for remote operations

You’ll partner closely with the remote monitoring team who can see telemetry, logs, and camera feeds across sites. You’ll validate what the sensors are saying, run physical checks, test fixes in person, and provide ground truth when remote data is ambiguous or incomplete.

Run proactive site checks and system health walkthroughs

You’ll regularly walk deployments to spot issues before they trigger alerts—loose mounts, wear patterns, degraded cables, environmental changes, or “this looks off” situations that only a human on-site will notice. You’ll prevent incidents by catching early signals and addressing them before uptime is affected.

Support deployments, installations, and system updates

You’ll help bring new robots and hardware online: verifying physical setup, assisting with installation, and being present during rollouts or updates in case something needs intervention. You’ll be the field anchor that makes deployments smoother and safer as we scale across more sites.

Document failures and edge cases with field-quality evidence

You’ll capture photos, videos, and detailed notes that show what actually happened—angles, lighting, physical constraints, and environmental context that cameras and logs can miss. You’ll turn messy real-world events into clear inputs engineering can use to fix root causes and reduce future interventions.

Coordinate with greenhouse operators and build trust on-site

You’ll work alongside greenhouse teams when robots and humans operate in shared spaces, responding to concerns and coordinating practical workflows. You’ll help operators understand what the robots are doing, what to expect, and how to collaborate safely and efficiently.

Who You Are

Core requirements

• 0–4 years of experience in field operations, technical support, mechatronics, automation, or a similar hands-on technical role
• Basic mechanical troubleshooting skills and comfort working with hardware, tools, and physical systems
• Solid electrical/electronic basics: you can diagnose power, connectivity, sensor, and wiring issues without guessing
• A technical mindset: you can follow documentation, learn new systems quickly, and reason from symptoms to causes
• Good judgment and independence: you know when to fix, when to pause, when to escalate, and how to prioritize uptime vs. safety
• Strong communication skills for coordinating with remote teams and working respectfully with greenhouse operators
• Physically comfortable with field work: lifting equipment, moving around large sites, and working in greenhouses (heat, humidity, plants)
• Based in the Netherlands near greenhouse deployment areas, with willingness to travel between sites
• Valid driver’s license and comfort driving to multiple greenhouse locations
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a strong plus for working with local partners

Bonus points if you have

• Experience with robotics, automation systems, industrial machinery, or safety-critical equipment
• Background in agriculture, horticulture, or greenhouse operations (you understand the environment and its constraints)
• A mechatronics/automation certification or technical degree, or equivalent hands-on experience
• Familiarity with sensors, cameras, IoT devices, or networked hardware in production environments
• Experience doing installations, field service, or on-site support across customer sites

What We Offer

Real ownership: You’ll be the on-site presence that keeps autonomous greenhouse operations running—your decisions directly impact uptime and production.
Build from scratch (with support): You’ll help define how field operations works as we scale across the Netherlands and Europe—playbooks, tooling, and response rhythm.
Work at the frontier of real-world autonomy: You’ll troubleshoot cutting-edge robots in live production, not a lab—and you’ll see autonomy improve because of what you learn.
Global team: Work closely with teams across our Cologne HQ and Bengaluru office, plus field teams supporting deployments on the ground.
Mission that matters: Help make food production more resilient and sustainable by enabling fully automated greenhouses to run reliably in the real world.

eternal.ag is building fully-autonomous food production sites that can sustainably produce fresh food year-round. Backed by world-class investors and partnering with leading agricultural companies, we're turning the vision of fully-autonomous greenhouses into reality.