Robotics Software Engineer

The sweetgreen Infinite Kitchen automates the assembly of sweetgreen meals for restaurant guests. The Infinite Kitchen—designed and engineered in house—powers sweetgreen locations across the country, but we are just getting started.

The Automation Team is looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to write software that powers the infinite kitchen operation.

In this role, you will work on new features to improve the Infinite Kitchen functionality as well as work on test setups and frameworks to ensure each release goes smoothly. You will collaborate closely with other software engineers, and qa engineers to build reliable robotics software.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small team transforming the future of food service. The ideal candidate will have experience working on real time software, share our passion for robotics reliability, and be excited to grow with us. If you love robotics and have a passion for real food, we’d love to talk to you.

Location

• Based at Sweetgreen’s Boston Automation office in Charlestown, MA.

What You’ll do 

• Solve interesting problems:  As part of the automation team you will solve challenges that improve our restaurant technology. This includes contributing to functional algorithms, improving health notification systems, and coming up with creative approaches to test new features.
• Produce High Quality Software: Software releases will have a direct impact on the day to day operations of sweetgreen stores. As part of this role, you will develop test simulations and unit test suites that will ensure flawless delivery of your software to sweetgreen Infinite Kitchen stores.
• Debugging at the intersection of Hardware and Software: This role will involve solving interesting problems at the intersection of hardware and software. You will write software that makes it simple to identify when mechanical or electrical issues arise.
• Participate in the support rotation: Interface directly with restaurant team members as you support them remotely.

Qualifications 

• 2+ years real time software development experience 
• Experience writing unit tests.
• Experience applying object oriented design principles
• Clear written/verbal communication skills
• Creative thinking for automated test development
• Knowledge of networking principles

Bonus: 

• C++/PLC development experience
• Experience building simulations for test environments
• Experience working within both linux and windows environments
• Experience interpreting data sheets for sensor integration

What you'll get:

• Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
• Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO plan
• 401k program
• Employee HSA and FSA
• Complimentary greens
• An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food
• To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose
• A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back
• A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally
• Free sweetgreen swag

Come join the sweetlife!

About sweetgreen

sweetgreen is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each sweetgreen, our 3,500 team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. And in our local communities, we’re committed to leaving people better than we found them. We’re in the business of feeding people, and we’re out to change what that means.

sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

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