Chef Robotics
Robotics
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,RoboticsPlatform
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“Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Platform at Chef Robotics. Skills: Robotics Platform, systems-level work, autonomy software OS and middleware stack, platform reliability, low-level systems issues, networking and load bottlenecks, provisioning and configuration tooling, hardware and sensor integration. Lead the upgrade of our autonomy software OS and middleware stack, across production systems. Define software architecture standards, release processes, and testing practices for platform softwa”
What You'll Achieve.
accelerating the deployment of intelligent machines in the physical world; keeping production onshore and strengthening America's manufacturing base; automating food prep and assembly in commercial kitchens and food manufacturing; producing over 110 million meals in production; generating the world's largest proprietary dataset for deformable food manipulation; putting an intelligent robot in every commercial kitchen; making the platform rock-solid; making features reliable in production; scaling robot bring-up with manufacturing; shipping physical AI with real-world deployments and real impact
Industry & Context.
debugging; performance analysis; diagnose and fix low-level systems issues; Investigate and resolve networking and load bottlenecks
Work onsite five days a week
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years building production software in Linux environments, systems-level expertise, Experience shipping and maintaining software across a fleet of devices, fundamentals: networking protocols (TCP, UDP, PTP), build systems, performance profiling, memory optimization, Track record of leading complex, multi-component software projects from design to production
Nice to Have
Familiarity with ROS or similar robotics middleware, Background in fleet management, OTA update systems, or large-scale device deployment, Full-stack or cloud infrastructure experience (monitoring, logging, observability pipelines), Experience using simulation for hardware-in-the-loop or regression testing, Familiarity with basic mechatronics and electronics
What You'll Do.
Lead the upgrade of our autonomy software OS and middleware stack
across production systems
Define software architecture standards
and testing practices for platform software
Own fleet-wide platform reliability — diagnose and fix low-level systems issues (drivers
Linux configuration) across deployed robots
Investigate and resolve networking and load bottlenecks that affect perception and autonomy algorithm performance
Build provisioning and configuration tooling that scales robot bring-up with manufacturing
Integrate new hardware
and cameras into the monitor performance across the fleet
Set the bar for engineering quality — well-structured
production-ready code
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with senior robotics and perception engineers
Process & Methodology
Leading complex, multi-component software projects from design to production
Full Job Description
## Description Chef Robotics is accelerating the deployment of intelligent machines in the physical world, starting with food production — the sector facing the largest labor shortage in the U.S., with 1.14M unfilled jobs today and 3.1M projected by 2030. These roles can't be offshored, making robotics essential to keeping production onshore and strengthening America's manufacturing base. Our AI-powered robots automate food prep and assembly in commercial kitchens and food manufacturing, and have already produced over 110 million meals in production — generating the world's largest proprietary dataset for deformable food manipulation. Backed by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Construct, Bloomberg Beta, and Promus Ventures, and built by a team from Cruise, Zoox, Google, Tesla, and Amazon Robotics, Chef is rapidly scaling with multiple multi-year contracts and a mission to put an intelligent robot in every commercial kitchen. About the Role Chef Robotics is building autonomous robots that work alongside humans in commercial food preparation environments — and the platform they run on has to be rock-solid. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Robotics Platform team, you own the foundation: the compute, OS, middleware, and networking that everything else depends on. You'll be working on everything from low-level system software to high-bandwidth sensor data logging, debugging, and performance analysis. Ideal candidates will also be interested in overall product performance and will work closely with senior robotics and perception engineers to debug, test, and release new autonomy features. We are a small, high-ownership team. We work onsite five days a week and move with startup urgency — you'll lead the systems-level work that makes those features reliable in production. ## In this role, you will Lead the upgrade of our autonomy software OS and middleware stack, across production systems Define software architecture standards, release processes, and testing practi
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