Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Charge Robotics; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A renewable energy technology startup in San Leandro seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead the production of robotic systems that assemble solar farms. Responsibilities include scaling production, collaborating with design engineers, and maintaining documentation. Ideal candidates will have 4-8 years of experience in electromechanical products and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of experience bringing complex electromechanical products from prototype to production.
• Ability to read and create mechanical drawings and manufacturing documentation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production scaling of robotic systems that assemble solar farms.
• Collaborate with design engineers for manufacturability and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain documentation, drawings, and BOMs.

Skills

Experience with electromechanical products

Mechanical drawing comprehension

Clear communication skills

Education

Degree in a related field

Tools

ION manufacturing software

Job description

About Charge Robotics:

Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots that build solar farms.

Demand for new solar projects is booming (1 ⁄ 5 of all the solar that exists in the US was installed last year!), but today’s construction companies can’t keep up due to limited labor resources.

We thought this was insane, so we started working on robots to directly address this bottleneck and speed up the world’s transition to renewables.

Charge is a fast-moving company, which means constant opportunities for learning and growth. You’ll have a large impact on the direction of our company, and will be compensated accordingly.

We’re MIT-founded and backed by top generalist and climate tech investors, including Energy Impact Partners, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Y Combinator (S21).

If you’re excited to work on interesting problems with direct climate impact, you’re going to fit right in! Read more about Charge at the links below:

• Fast Company – Solar Building Robots to Solve One of Climate's Biggest Problems
• MIT News – Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories
• YouTube – full video of our Gen1 robots building a solar farm

About this role:

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Charge Robotics and the first in our manufacturing function, you’ll work closely with both internal teams and external manufacturing partners to scale our solar farm construction technology from prototype to production. Your work will directly deploy gigawatts of clean electricity generation.

What you'll be working on:

• Taking the lead on building + scaling production of our state-of-the-art robotic systems that assemble solar farms in the field
• Collaborating with design engineers to ensure systems are manufacturable, cost-effective, and easy to assemble
• Developing and maintaining manufacturing documentation, drawings, and BOMs
• Supporting part qualification, incoming inspection, and supplier quality initiatives
• Making it faster and easier to build our robots and, in turn, accelerate the deployment of clean energy

You:

• Have 4-8 years of experience bringing complex electromechanical products from prototype to production
• Understand how to read and create mechanical drawings and manufacturing documentation
• Have a strong ability to communicate clearly (written/verbal) with engineers, suppliers, technicians, and leadership
• Are based in or can relocate to the SF Bay Area, and able to work 4-5 days/week from our San Leandro HQ
• Are excited to see our robots deployed onto actual solar farms!

It'd also be nice if you:

• Have a degree in a related field
• Have used ION manufacturing software before
• Have experience sourcing and qualifying suppliers & contract manufacturers
• Are familiar with DFM, DFA, and/or GD&T principles
• Are excited to grow into a leadership role as we scale our systems and teams

Charge Robotics is an equal opportunity employer, and we 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.