Who We Are:
Founded by a group of intrepid ex-SpaceX engineers who want to revolutionize the food industry, Serve Automation is changing the way your favorite food gets delivered. Serve has secured funding from top-tier investors who have invested in companies like Beyond Meat, Lyft, Creator, Blue Bottle Coffee, and Sweetgreen.
The Serve Automation team is searching for the best and brightest to join our team of rocket scientists turned food automation engineers. Serve is a collaborative work environment – we all work together to move the company forward as needed. In other words, we all wash dishes! If you love tackling big ideas, a teamwork environment, and eating great food, Serve Automation may be the perfect place for you!
What You’ll Do:
- Help guide company approach to testing from an architectural level
- Manage system integration and test operations for an end-to-end robotic food system
- Help develop and manage vehicle configuration and change system
- Collaborate cross-functionally to identify, triage and debug issues across disciplines: mechanical, electrical, and software
- Develop and track key performance metrics for system reliability and health
- Coordinate and support system level testing, record results, and make engineering judgements based on data
- Coordinate with design engineering teams to improve reliability and durability
- Work with Head Chef to translate culinary recommendations into engineering tests
- Take initiative on other roles the company needs to succeed. This is a fast-growing startup!
What You’ll Need:
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of meaningful individual contributor experience in a cross-disciplinary engineering role
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Robotics, or related field
- Experience building complex, reliable, electro-mechanical systems and working in cross-functional teams
- Experience developing test procedures and performance metrics to improve system reliability
- Knowledge of professional engineering practices in robotics, automation, or related field
- Excellent systemic problem solving and triaging skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment that is constantly changing
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong proficiency with scripting to parse data and develop tools (Python preferred)
- Experience designing and building component level test stands to facilitate production
- Experience managing technical team members and coordinating work
- Familiar with instrument sensor selection and calibration given requirements
- Intimately familiar with engineering issue and change systems
- Six Sigma Certified
Where You’ll Work:
Our office is located in an industrial park in Hawthorne, CA. We’re about 1.5 miles from the Crenshaw Station on the Green Line in close proximity to a number of aerospace and manufacturing companies including SpaceX and Triumph. We are situated next to Common Space Brewery and LA Aleworks.
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.