Robot Operations Specialist, Chef Robotics
$30 - $40 an hour + Equity
Autonomous cooking robot developer
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Autonomous cooking robot developer
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$30 - $40 an hour + Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the world to empower humans to do what humans do best.
Role
Who you are
- We are hiring a Robot Operations Specialist who thrives on precision and is energized by finding that needle in the haystack
- If you’re detail-oriented, motivated to tackle tasks with focus, and take pride in spotting critical details that others overlook, this role is perfect for you
- 2+ years of experience in a similar technical or operational role
- Experience troubleshooting physical systems, such as mechanical, electrical, or IT infrastructure
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to meticulously follow technical instructions and procedures
- Excellent ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and effectively to diverse audiences
- Flexible availability to support customer needs, including weekends, evenings, and on-call shifts as required
Desirable
- Experience at a robotics company
- Familiarity with robotics visualization programs (RViz, Foxglove)
- Experience developing Decision Trees and/or Standard Operating Procedures
- Exposure to ROS (Robot Operating System)
- Exposure to software development concepts, and programming languages (C++ and Python)
- Experience with basic hardware design, fabrication techniques, and mechanics of materials
What the job involves
- As a self-starter, you’ll excel at managing your time, identifying what needs to get done, and driving tasks to completion
- You’ll be the linchpin connecting customers, engineers, and technicians with your stellar communication skills
- Important Note: This is not a software development or robotics engineering position
- Document and contextualize field-reported robot issues to support thorough investigation and resolution efforts
- Instead, it’s an opportunity to build your career within our dynamic Operations team, with exciting growth paths ahead in this area
- Provide clear and timely communication of known robot issues, along with troubleshooting best practices, to in-field teams, including Customer Support and Applications Engineering
- Conduct first-level remote troubleshooting for issues reported directly by customers, ensuring prompt support and issue mitigation
- Support Customer Support and Applications Engineering teams by performing first-level remote troubleshooting to assist in resolving reported issues effectively
Our take
In recent years, kitchen automation has surged, yet challenges persist in addressing the nuanced complexities of food preparation and assembly.
Chef Robotics tackles this by prioritizing food assembly over cooking, acknowledging the diverse factors that shape culinary outcomes. With its advanced robotics and AI-driven software, ChefOS, the company navigates the intricacies of ingredient preparation, cooking methods, and storage conditions, ensuring consistent quality across diverse recipes and ingredients.
Chef's recent funding round underscores investor confidence in its innovative approach. With a focus on robotics-as-a-service (RaaS), Chef aims to democratize access to advanced automation, offering scalable solutions for food businesses. As it expands across the US and Canada, securing partnerships with Fortune 500 food companies, Chef heralds a future where technology enhances culinary excellence, revolutionizing efficiency and creativity in the kitchen.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
54% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2024
$10.5m
EARLY VC
May 2021
$7.7m
SEED
Total funding: $25.3m
Company values
- Customer and User Obsession: We’re here to serve our customers and users. Go backwards from the customers and obsess after giving them the best experience possible
- Deliver results and follow through: Results matter, not "effort." Done is better than perfect. Finish what you start. A documented mistake of an idea that didn't work is positive. Constantly release, test, and deploy little bytes instead of waiting for one large deployment
- Move with extreme velocity and focus: Velocity matters. We’re serving customers where a little downtime can cost millions. Ship fast and be laser focused on what matters. Work smart and hard
- Meritocracy to find the truth: The best idea wins not your seniority. Use logic to support your thinking. Always discuss the idea not attack the speaker. When a decision is made, disagree and commit wholly
- Radical transparency: No passive aggression. If someone isn’t doing something right, tell them. Be brutally honest with feedback and don’t sugar coat anything. Trust in your team
- Hire the very best people: If enough smart people are in a room together, we'll figure it out. Hire slow rather than to "fill a role."
- Simplicity and Frugality: Have just enough and no more. Constantly simplify. Always ask: "how could I accomplish what I'm trying to with 10x less money?
- Play for the name on the front of the jersey: "Play for the name on the front of the jersey...people will start remembering the name on the back." We all have individualistic desires but by working for the good of the company in the short term, you make yourself significantly better off in the long term. When in doubt of how to make a decision, ask: is this in the true, authentic best interest of Chef?
- Challenge your beliefs and aim to find truth: Assume your ideas are wrong and constantly stress test them. The default is that your idea is wrong and that you have to prove it’s right (not the other way around). Seek diverse perspectives. Always ask why, why, why? Break things down to the first principles and then build back up
- Take initiative and win: Figure out what needs to be done - without anyone telling you - and then win. We’re here to win not just for a job
Company HQ
Mid-Market, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Rajat Bhageria
(CEO)Previously the co-founder and CEO of ThirdEye Technologies. They now write for both Forbes and TechCrunch alongside being a Managing Partner at Prototype Capital.
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