Head of Engineering

About the Company

Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots that build solar farms. We are MIT-founded and backed by top investors like Founders Fund and Lux Capital, working to accelerate the world's transition to renewables by solving labor bottlenecks in solar construction.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a 15+ person multi-disciplinary engineering team
• Collaborate with leadership to align engineering initiatives with company roadmap
• Scale engineering operations from R&D through manufacturing and full production
• Architect team structures and engineering processes to support product deployment
• Represent the engineering function to stakeholders, customers, and investors
• Establish best practices for development, testing, and documentation

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role
• Proven track record of overseeing end-to-end development cycles for complex electromechanical systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field
• Ability to work 4-5 days/week onsite in San Leandro, CA
• Willingness to travel ~10% to solar construction sites
• Strong communication and interpersonal relationship management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience developing automation and robotics systems
• Experience with solar power generation technologies
• Experience working across multiple different engineering disciplines