- Robot type
- Industrial Automation
- Location
- San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Customer Success
- Posted
- May 4, 2026
- Salary
- $90,000–$120,000 a year
Robotic Operations Engineer
Job description
Food production faces one of the most severe labor shortages in the US, with more than 1 million open jobs today and demand continuing to grow. Our robots help manufacturers automate repetitive food-preparation and assembly tasks so they can increase throughput, improve consistency, and keep production onshore.
Today, Chef robots operate in production facilities across North America and Europe, serving customers including Amy’s Kitchen, gategroup, and CookUnity. Our robots have made over 100 million servings in production, creating the world’s largest proprietary dataset for AI-powered manipulation of deformable food. Every meal our robots produce makes the system smarter.
Job responsibilities
- Investigate customer issues, triage incoming tickets with relevant data, investigate to determine a fix and deploy fixes or mitigations
- Perform remote diagnostics: guide on-site operators or field technicians through troubleshooting steps via company portal and internal tools.
- Track and log hardware requests, part numbers, and part quantities using the hardware request workflow
- Are familiar with APIs and technical RaaS products and can deeply understand technical docs with ease
- Have demonstrated an ability to thrive in fast-paced, reactive situations while meeting core support metrics targets (e.g. CSAT, SLA, etc.)
- Possess strong user empathy and are expert in the lifecycle of a support case; you can read between the lines of a user’s question, put yourself in their shoes, and get at the heart of their needs for a speedy,…
- Write and maintain internal external documentation: runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and FAQ articles based on real ticket patterns
- Collaborate with Chef’s Systems Support and Application teams to prioritize to resolve production blocking issues
Job requirements
- BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum 1 years experience in a customer-facing role in applications engineering, deployment, solutions engineering, or similar roles
- Prior experience in API integrations for Support tooling development
- Comfort with command line interfaces and basic scripting (Bash, Python, JavaScript)
- Demonstrated track record of shipping products quickly and efficiently
- Able to work independently and with minimal supervision
- Ability to travel at least 20% of your time is required
- Must be available to work a flexible schedule to support customers, including on-call hours
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