First Manufacturing Engineer

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 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 ProblemsMIT News – Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factoriesYouTube – full video of our Gen1 robots building a solar farmAbout this role:As the first in our manufacturing function, you’ll work closely with both internal teams (design engineers, supply chain, technicians) and external manufacturing partners (vendors, CMs, customers) 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 fieldCollaborating with design engineers to ensure systems are manufacturable, cost-effective, and easy to assembleDeveloping and maintaining manufacturing documentation, drawings, and BOMsSupporting part qualification, incoming inspection, and supplier quality initiativesMaking it faster and easier to build our robots and, in turn, accelerate the deployment of clean energyYou:Have 4-8 years of experience bringing complex electromechanical products from prototype to production — especially systems that include metal fabrication, rigging, and heavy machinery Understand how to read and create mechanical drawings and manufacturing documentationHave a strong ability to communicate clearly (written/verbal) with engineers, suppliers, technicians, and leadershipAre based in or can relocate to the SF Bay Area, and able to work 4-5 days/week from our San Leandro HQAre excited to see our robots deployed onto actual solar farms!It'd also be nice if you:Have a degree in a related fieldHave used ION manufacturing software beforeHave experience sourcing and qualifying suppliers & contract manufacturersAre familiar with DFM, DFA, and/or GD&T principlesAre excited to grow into a leadership role as we scale our systems and teamsCharge 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.