Chef Robotics · 12 hours ago
Head of Hardware
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expChef Robotics is on a mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the physical world, particularly in the food industry. The Head of Hardware will oversee the hardware engineering team, help design next-gen systems, and play a key role in scaling production and leading the hardware and manufacturing teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Food and BeverageMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Oversee Chef's hardware engineering org
Help execute as a player coach
Help expand the set of ingredients that Chef can manipulate (e.g., sticky cheese, fruit, piece picking, etc.)
Help design and build Chef's next-gen system
Help improve reliability / MTBF for Chef's current systems in the field
Help reduce BOM
Help set technical direction for HW team
(Depending on the candidate) Oversee Chef's manufacturing and supply chain team and help scale to 250, 500, and then 1000 robots in production
Help be on Chef's leadership team
Represent HW team and also help Chef make the right company-level decisions
Help hire and build a team as needed
Help fundraise
Qualification
Required
Masters or Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or physics
Has shipped 3+ (at least 2) products to market
Has seen at least one product scale to tens of thousands of users/customers
Has lead manufacturing (or managed someone who lead manufacturing)
Has lead supply chain and procurement (or managed someone who lead supply chain and procurement)
Has 10+ years of production engineering experience as an IC, tech lead, or manager
Has managed and lead teams in: Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Firmware
Has worked with Perception / computer vision, Machine learning, Robotics motion planning and control
Has been a manager of a team of engineers and a manager of managers (two layers)
Has been part of at least one startup
Has scaled an engineering team from 5 people to 15 to 45 people
Understand the business logic and the business
Can sell and convince top A-level hires to join the company
Can represent the company and sell the company to investors for prospective investors
Can be onsite in our SF office
Company
Chef Robotics
Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food industry.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$65.6MKey Investors
Silicon Valley BankAlumni Ventures
2025-03-31Series A· $20.6M
2025-03-31Debt Financing· $22.5M
2024-01-26Seed
Leadership Team
Ray Martino
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
Soma Capital
2026-01-20
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