Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site
The Company Founded in 2025 by Sam Rogers, who grew up managing 6,000 head on a North Queensland cattle station, Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate) builds autonomous drones that move and monitor cattle across the world's larges…
Skills: ROS, Control Engineering, Robotics Architecture, Fleet Orchestration, Autonomous Systems
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Lead the development of the robotics stack, including control architecture and fleet orchestration for autonomous cattle-herding drones. Manage and mentor a small engineering team while remaining hands-on in designing systems for unstructured outdoor environments.
Requires a degree in robotics, mechatronics, or electrical engineering and deep expertise in ROS and control engineering. Must have a proven track record of shipping production-ready autonomous systems used by customers.
Founded in 2025 by Sam Rogers, who grew up managing 6,000 head on a North Queensland cattle station, Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate) builds autonomous drones that move and monitor cattle across the world's largest properties. We're replacing helicopters and motorbikes with drones that herd cattle, count herds, and monitor pasture on their own. Helicopter mustering is expensive, dangerous, and still misses cattle. Our drones launch from a dock, fly the paddock, do the work, and come home. The only pilot is our RL models.
We went through YC (W26) and raised a seed round from the best investors in the valley. Our team is small and highly technical, and we're already working with some of the largest ranches in the world. Engineering is based in Sydney, but the work happens everywhere. Expect to write code at a desk, in a truck, and in the dirt. We work hard because our ranchers do.
We have a team of 6 which is growing steadily, including Computer Vision, Robotics, AI Engineers and a Chief of Staff. We are looking for a Lead Robotics Engineer who will lead technical decisions and a small engineering team. While you will stay hands-on in this role, we expect you to take on some people leadership responsibilities.
You will build Brumby's robotics stack, from control architecture through to fleet orchestration, and lead a small team. This is the most senior technical hire on the team right now and you will coach and mentor others.
You will design the control and coordination layers that let a single drone muster cattle across hundreds of kilometers. You will also own the systems that run fence-line and water-trough inspections, keep aircraft reliable across desert heat, tropical wet seasons, and everything in between, and ensure the whole stack holds up when it's deployed far from anyone who can help debug it.
You have built something that customers have used
Deep ROS expertise
Strong control engineering fundamentals
A degree in robotics, mechatronics, or electrical/electronic engineering
A track record of shipping autonomous systems into production, not just research demos
Comfortable owning a technical domain end-to-end with limited oversight
Experience deploying robots in unstructured outdoor environments
Exposure to drone autonomy or aerial robotics
Prior work in deep tech or adjacent hardware/software systems
Experience managing and coordinating engineering teams
Control and orchestration layers to teach autonomous drones to herd cattle
Navigation and path planning across large, unstructured outdoor environments
Reliable autonomous operation for daily fence-line and water-trough inspection
Fleet management architecture as Brumby scales across Australia and the US
Onboard systems that perform under real-world conditions - variable terrain, weather, connectivity dropouts
Five days a week in the Sydney office
Regular field deployments to cattle stations (domestic and potentially international)
Work directly (and report to) the founder
Competitive salary, meaningful early stage equity
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Building Robot Cowboys - Brumby uses AI and Autonomous Drones to Muster Livestock straight from a farmers phone.
Brumby builds autonomous aerial mustering systems that help graziers move cattle calmly, frequently, and with far less time and effort. By using intelligent drones instead of helicopters, bikes, or horses, we make it practical to rotate stock more often, respond faster to pasture conditions, and manage larger herds with the same team. We partnered with leading experts in low-stress stockmanship to teach our system how cattle actually think and move. Brumby reads their position, speed, and pressure, and applies the same calm, deliberate cues a skilled stockperson would, keeping herds together and stress low. The result is better welfare for cattle, healthier pastures through tighter rotational grazing, and a dramatic reduction in the time, cost, and physical toll of mustering. GrazeMate exists to help farmers like our families manage their properties the way they've always wanted to.
Offices: Sydney, NSW 2008, AU · Proserpine, QLD 4800, AU
View all jobs at Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate)Building Robot Cowboys - Brumby uses AI and Autonomous Drones to Muster Livestock straight from a farmers phone.
Brumby builds autonomous aerial mustering systems that help graziers move cattle calmly, frequently, and with far less time and effort. By using intelligent drones instead of helicopters, bikes, or horses, we make it practical to rotate stock more often, respond faster to pasture conditions, and manage larger herds with the same team. We partnered with leading experts in low-stress stockmanship to teach our system how cattle actually think and move. Brumby reads their position, speed, and pressure, and applies the same calm, deliberate cues a skilled stockperson would, keeping herds together and stress low. The result is better welfare for cattle, healthier pastures through tighter rotational grazing, and a dramatic reduction in the time, cost, and physical toll of mustering. GrazeMate exists to help farmers like our families manage their properties the way they've always wanted to.
Offices: Sydney, NSW 2008, AU · Proserpine, QLD 4800, AU
View all jobs at Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate)