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Chef Robotics

Location:
United States, San Francisco

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

150000.00 - 175000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Chef Robotics is seeking an Applications Engineer to serve as the vital link between our customers and our engineering teams. This role spans the full customer journey, from early technical evaluation through deployment, production ramp-up, and long-term success, driving both customer success and product excellence.If you are excited by a mix of customer engagement, hands-on robotics engineering and real-world deployment, this position offers a unique opportunity to directly shape how robotics enters large-scale food production environments. You’ll partner with customers to bring robotic systems online, drive continuous improvement and directly impact Chef’s growth and product roadmap.As a member of Chef’s Applications team, you will learn a rare blend of technical, operational and customer-facing expertise that few roles offer. Success in this position opens the door to your career growth, whether toward technical leadership, product management, field engineering, or customer success sales leadership.

Job Responsibility:

Partner with Sales and Product teams during early customer engagements to assess customer needs, identify opportunities, and evaluate technical feasibility.
Work directly with customers’ engineering and operations teams to understand their processes, challenges and success metrics.
Configure, test, and validate Chef’s robotic systems in the lab, working closely with R&D to adapt to each customer’s unique production environment.
Lead and project manage deployments, coordinating across Chef’s engineering, manufacturing, and customer teams to ensure smooth installations.
Lead on-site deployments, including installation, qualification testing, and production hardening
Work hands-on with the systems to test new software, configurations and resolve break fix hardware repairs.
Provide post-deployment support to ensure customer satisfaction and identify opportunities for product and feature expansion.
Capture customer feedback and translate it into actionable insights for Chef’s product and engineering teams.
Serve as the technical face of Chef Robotics representing our engineering rigor, problem-solving mindset and commitment to customer success.

Requirements:

BS or MS in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field
2+ years of experience in applications engineering, deployment, solutions engineering, field robotics or a similar customer-facing technical role
Prior experience in at least one of the following: robotics, motion planning, perception, controls or automation systems.
Willingness to travel up to 75% across North America to support customer deployments and on-site work
Familiarity with Linux/Unix, Robot Operating System (ROS), and scripting in Python.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills - comfortable collaborating across technical and operations teams both internally and with customers
Able to work independently and with minimal supervision
Must be available to work a flexible schedule to support customers, including some weekend, nights and on-call hours

What we offer:

Be part of a mission-driven team transforming one of the world’s largest industries.
Work hands-on with cutting edge robotic systems solving real world problems.
Collaborate with a world class, cross functional team of roboticists, engineers and operators.
Build rare, multidisciplinary expertise at the intersection of robotics, operations and customer success.
Benefit from professional growth with exposure to both leadership and technical career paths.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 07, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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