Robotics Software Test Engineer

Chef Robotics is building autonomous robots that work alongside humans in commercial food preparation environments. As a Robotics Software Test Engineer, you'll own the quality bar for our robot software stack and design test infrastructure, CI/CD gates, and hardware-in-the-loop validation systems. You'll work with perception and robotics engineers to ship fast without breaking things in the field.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software test engineering, reliability engineering, or a closely related role
• Strong Python skills
• Hands-on experience designing and building test infrastructure — not just writing tests, but building the systems that run them
• Experience with CI/CD systems and integrating automated testing into release pipelines
• Strong debugging instincts — able to trace failures across software layers, hardware interfaces, and timing boundaries
• Solid understanding of testing methodologies across unit, integration, system, and hardware-in-the-loop layers
• Comfort working in Linux-based development and production environments
• Self-starter who can prioritize independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment

Benefits

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