Senior Robotics Release and Test Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About Our Team

Chef Robotics is on a mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the physical world. As the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT has shown, AI has the potential to drive immense change. However, we believe AI’s biggest impact will be in the physical world, given industries like manufacturing, food, and transportation represent 90% of global GDP. We're starting with food, with a goal to put an intelligent robot in every commercial kitchen in the world. We have signed multiple multi-year contracts with various large food companies and we are growing fast. We're backed by investors like Kleiner Perkins, Construct, Bloomberg BETA and Promus Ventures. We have a great team, where you will be surrounded by talented engineers and tech leaders from companies like Cruise, Zoox, Google, Verb Surgical, Tesla, Nuro, Vicarious, Amazon Robotics, Strateos, Built Robotics, Facebook, Plenty, Yelp, and Microsoft.

About the Role

As the Senior Robotics Release and Test Engineer, you will serve as the critical liaison between development and production, ensuring robotic systems adhere to stringent performance benchmarks prior to deployment in commercial facilities. The role entails ownership of the Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) pipeline, the implementation of performance gating mechanisms, and the maintenance of time critical operations imperative for efficient food automation workflows in every release.

CI / CD Pipeline Management

• Develop and manage comprehensive CI / CD pipelines for robotics software, inclusive of hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Institute automated performance gates to validate the operational speed, accuracy, and reliability of robots.
• Formulate release procedures to encompass both software updates and robot firmware deployments.
• Administer staged deployment strategies, such as canary and blue-green deployments, for production systems.
• Integrate validation with other equipment such as conveyor systems within deployment pipelines.

Performance Gate Establishment

Cross-Functional Collaboration

System Reliability and Monitoring

Technical Proficiency

Systems Acumen

Desirable Qualifications

Chef is an early-stage startup where equity is a major part of the compensation package. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In addition to salary and early-stage equity, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, commuter benefits, flexible paid time off (PTO), catered lunch, and 401(k) matching.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizen status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, age, pregnancy status, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status.

Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates won't apply if they don't meet every listed qualification. Chef values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you don't check every box in the description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.