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[/company/chefrobotics](/company/chefrobotics)[ChefRobotics](/company/chefrobotics)
# Staff Autonomy Engineer at ChefRobotics

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$180,000 – $280,000/yr

**Setup**
: On-site

**Location**
: San Francisco, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: May 12, 2026

## Description

Chef Robotics is hiring a Staff Autonomy Engineer to own the end-to-end architecture and hands-on development of its autonomy stack, covering perception, action prediction, closed-loop control, sensor fusion, and production deployment. The role also involves building rapid onboarding capabilities, production monitoring, reliability improvements, research integration, and mentoring senior engineers. It is a hands-on technical leadership position reporting to engineering leadership, requiring experience shipping autonomy or manipulation systems, expertise in at least two relevant technical areas, and strong Python and C++ software engineering skills. The role is onsite five days per week and includes medical, dental, and vision insurance.

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