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Robotics Software Test Engineer

Chef Robotics· Engineering – Platform
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San Francisco$140k - $200kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Robotics Software Test Engineer responsible for owning the quality bar across the robot software stack (perception, autonomy, platform, and integrations) with a focus on building automated test infrastructure, CI/CD gates, and hardware-in-the-loop validation for production-grade robotic systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement automated test plans, test cases, and fixtures across the full robot software stack — from unit tests to system-level integration tests
  • Build and own hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test infrastructure that validates perception, robotics, and platform software against real or simulated hardware
  • Strengthen and extend CI/CD pipelines to catch regressions early and gate releases with high confidence
  • Define quality metrics and release readiness criteria; track test coverage, failure trends, and fleet health to give the team clear signal
  • Investigate and root-cause production failures across software, hardware, and system boundaries; build regression tests to prevent recurrence
  • Develop simulation-based test environments to validate perception and robotics changes before deploying to physical robots
  • Participate in design and code reviews with a lens on testability, observability, and failure modes
  • Instrument the robot software stack for better debuggability and post-hoc failure analysis

Qualifications

  • 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

Skills

Required:Software test engineeringPythonTest infrastructureCI/CD

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • commuter benefits
  • flexible paid time off (PTO)
  • catered lunch
  • 401(k) matching
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Chef Robotics

AI-enabled robots for the food industry

Chef Robotics provides the industry’s first flexible labor equivalent, helping food manufacturers increase throughput, reduce food giveaway, and improve consistency.

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