# Senior Perception Engineer at Chef Robotics

- Company: Chef Robotics
- What the company does: Chef Robotics brings intelligent, adaptable automation to food manufacturers. Scale meal assembly with robots built for the real world. Backed by Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: https://chefrobotics.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $170K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/ChefRobotics/f0796f20-8152-4fab-a80f-127167d34f8f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/chef-robotics-senior-perception-engineer/

## About the role

If you’re excited about solving hard problems, creating real customer impact, and shipping systems that operate in production every day, not just in the lab, you’ll feel at home at Chef.

## What they're looking for

- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field
- 5+ years of combined research and industry experience in computer vision and machine learning, with a track record of shipping perception systems to production
- Deep expertise in at least two of: instance/semantic segmentation, object detection, 3D perception, or multi-object tracking
- Strong Python skills, experience building production-quality, maintainable code — not just research prototypes
- Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch strongly preferred) and the full training pipeline from data to deployed model
- Experience working with RGBD sensors, depth cameras, and point cloud data

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