Sr. Lead R&D Engineer

Overview

Do you want an opportunity to help Chick-fil-A develop the food production systems of the future?

 

The Production Design Group within Chick-fil-A, Inc. focuses on engineering innovative restaurant system solutions to enable growth for 3,000+ restaurants. The Senior Lead R&D Engineer role within Production Design is tasked with performing advanced research and development on relevant projects and programs centering on food-production equipment, automation, systems, and processes as well as acting as a technology scout, identifying new technologies that could be important to Chick-fil-A in the future. This role is also expected to be an influencer within Chick-fil-A to help direct the organization through innovative concepts and communicate their applications in the context of menu and operational strategies.

 

Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.

Responsibilities

• Create new capabilities for Chick-fil-A restaurants through resolving highly complex technical issues and conducting advanced research on relevant projects
• Investigate new / emerging technologies, innovations and opportunities
• Ideate on concepts to solve current and future challenges
• Filter concepts using multiple factors, including data analysis, operational realities, technical feasibility, and intuition
• Lead & manage external partners through proof of concept prototype development
• Assist in evaluation of prototypes to understand the value and tradeoffs for Chick-fil-A
• Support the transition of successful R&D concepts into the commercialization process
• Collaborate effectively with internal partners working on future focused initiatives
• Provide support and informal technical mentorship to a team of engineers and test technicians
• Candidate will be required to leverage their skills as an individual contributor and in a technical leadership capacity

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of related work experience
• Proficiency in MS Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work independently
• Experience using 3D CAD Software

Preferred Qualifications

• Educational background in Engineering Discipline, Physics, Computer Science, or similar field
• 8+ years of engineering experience
• Experience controlling electromechanical systems using Raspberry PI's or Arduino's

Minimum Years of Experience

5

Travel Requirements

20%

Required Level of Education

Bachelor's Degree