Field Engineering Technician
Chef Robotics provides physical-AI food-assembly robots and a robotics-as-a-service offering for food manufacturers.
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About Chef Robotics
Chef Robotics, Inc. builds AI-enabled robotic systems for high-mix food production. Its robots and Food Foundation Model handle variable ingredients, portions, trays, and conveyors, with hardware, software, support, and updates offered through a robotics-as-a-service model.
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About the Role
You will maintain deployed robotic food-portioning modules at customer production sites. You will diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, sensor, and controls issues; repair equipment; tune module settings through HMIs; complete preventative maintenance; test new meals and ingredients; document findings; and communicate fixes and expectations to customer operations teams. You will travel to regional and out-of-region customer sites as needed.
Requirements
- 2-5 years of hands-on experience maintaining, troubleshooting, or commissioning automated equipment
- Electrical and mechanical troubleshooting skills, including reading schematics and using a multimeter
- Experience with sensors, motors, drives, pneumatics, HMIs, PLCs, or equipment parameter configuration
- Systematic problem-solving and documentation skills
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Comfort with laptops, logs, and data tools
- Associate degree or technical certification in mechatronics, electronics, robotics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Ability to travel regionally and work in food production environments with wash-down, cold, and noisy areas using PPE
Responsibilities
- Perform field repairs and diagnostics across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, sensor, and controls systems
- Tune and validate module configurations and parameters through the HMI
- Use logs, fleet data, and on-site observations to identify configuration, hardware, and software causes
- Provide structured feedback on failure modes, design issues, configuration learnings, and customer needs
- Execute preventative maintenance and document wear trends and findings
- Test and tune modules for new meals and ingredients
- Track hardware requests, part numbers, and quantities
- Write and improve runbooks, work instructions, and troubleshooting guides
- Coordinate with third-party technicians and guide customer operators
- Communicate findings, changes, and expectations to customer operations teams
- Follow customer safety, food safety, and lockout/tagout requirements
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Catered lunch
- 401(k) matching