Terranova Tech Stack

Robotic terraforming for flood mitigation and land elevation

Robotics Engineering Berkeley, California 11–50 employees Privately Held

Terranova deploys car-sized robots that inject wood slurry underground to permanently elevate properties and infrastructure out of flood zones. The stack—Python, C++, PyTorch, JAX, ROS 2, plus embedded firmware (STM32, FreeRTOS, Zephyr)—reflects a robotics org balancing real-time autonomy, ML perception, and hardware-level reliability. Hiring is intern-heavy (6 of 16 roles) and engineering-focused (12 of 16), suggesting rapid scaling of field operations and prototype validation cycles; concurrent work on perception models, simulation, and field debugging points to early-stage deployment challenges around latency constraints and machine reliability in harsh environments.

Tech Stack 59 technologies

Core StackPython C++ PyTorch Jira Confluence SolidWorks CAD JAX ROS 2 ONNX TensorRT OSQP CasADi Microsoft Office Google Workspace Microsoft 365 Onshape Fusion 360 NX C STM32 ESP32 FreeRTOS Zephyr JTAG KiCad Altium I2C UART CAN+29 more

What Terranova Is Building

◆Challenges

Performance under latency, jitter, and compute constraints
Closing high-value infrastructure deals
Scaling pilot-to-scale programs
Designing machines for harsh environments
Ensuring field reliability
Streamlining onboarding processes
High power system safety
Field debugging of robotic platforms
Building lab processes from scratch

▲Active Projects

Large-scale robotic systems for field deployment
Wetland restoration
Land resilience
Coastal protection
Prototype builds and test campaigns
Adaptive intelligent behavior algorithms
Simulation and hil testing
Ml perception and planning models
Field debugging of deployed robotic platforms
Viscosity and rheology experiments on pulp slurries

Hiring Activity

Accelerating15 roles · 7 in 30d

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Engineering

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Sales

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Notable leadership hires: Business Development Director, Chief of Staff

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About Terranova

Terranova builds autonomous robotic systems for land elevation and flood resilience. The core product is a four-robot fleet (three operational units plus a mothership) capable of lifting one acre by one foot daily through precision subsurface injection of pulp slurry, with no surface disturbance. The company operates from Berkeley and targets infrastructure owners, municipalities, and development projects seeking proactive flood protection. Active work spans hardware design for harsh field conditions, ML-based perception and motion planning, simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and operational scaling from pilot programs to production deployment.

HeadquartersBerkeley, California

Company Size11–50 employees

Hiring MarketsUnited States

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Terranova use?

Core stack includes Python, C++, PyTorch, JAX, ROS 2, and embedded firmware (STM32, FreeRTOS, Zephyr). CAD tools: Onshape, SolidWorks, Fusion 360. PCB design: KiCad, Altium. Communications: I2C, UART, CAN.

What is Terranova working on?

Large-scale robotic system deployment, ML perception and planning models, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, coastal and wetland restoration, field reliability testing, and scaling pilot programs to production.