Senior Robotics Platform Software Engineer

$125,000 - $225,000/Yr

Chef Robotics - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

San Francisco, CA

Publishing Industries

About the position

Chef Robotics is seeking a Robotics Platform Software Engineer to contribute to the development and scaling of intelligent robots for commercial kitchens. This role involves working on low-level system software, middleware, and networking to ensure a stable and high-performance platform for autonomy software and algorithms. The engineer will collaborate with a small team to debug, test, and release new features, making a significant impact in a fast-growing startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Debug and fix difficult low-level systems software problems, e.g. with drivers, networking, Linux configuration
• Lead an upgrade of our autonomy software OS and middleware
• Investigate load and networking issues and increase performance of our perception and robotics algorithms
• Work with manufacturing to develop processes for provisioning robotic systems at scale
• Help integrate new robot hardware, sensors, and cameras, and monitor performance
• Contribute to overall software architecture design and standards and test and release processes
• Champion engineering excellence, ensuring high-quality, well-structured, and well-tested code

Requirements

• BS in computer science, robotics, or equivalent experience
• Strong experience and expertise in Linux systems, with at least 4+ years experience building complex software in a Linux environment
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals
• Experience leading and shipping complex software projects
• Understanding of network and time protocols, e.g. TCP, UDP, PTP
• Knowledge of build systems and tooling, performance optimization, and memory and network profiling

Nice-to-haves

• Robotics experience
• Experience with the robotics tech stack, e.g. Linux, ROS, OpenCV, CUDA
• Experience with full-stack web engineering and infrastructure
• Experience in systems engineering or product management
• Experience with basic mechatronics and electronics
• Experience leading projects or people in a tech lead or similar capacity

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch
• 401(k) matching