Charge Robotics
Robots that build solar farms
Senior Mechatronics Engineer
About the role
About Charge:
Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots that build solar farms.
Demand for new solar projects is booming (1/5th 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 our product, which will be reflected in significant equity compensation. And you get to work with 🤖 giant robots 🤖.
If you are excited to work on interesting technical problems with direct climate impact, you’re going to fit right in at Charge Robotics.
Read more about Charge in recent press:
- Fast Company - Solar Building Robots to Solve One of Climate's Biggest Problems
- Solar Industry Mag - Charge Completes First Robotics Deployment with Nation's Largest Solar EPC (SOLV Energy)
- YouTube - full video of our Gen1 robots building a solar farm
Charge’s funding:
We’re MIT-founded and backed by some of Silicon Valley’s top investors, including Lux, YC (S21), Uphonest, Collab, E14, Outset, and more.
What you’ll be working on:
- Building and testing a first-of-its-kind delivery vehicle system for solar hardware
- Building and testing electromechanical systems for solar assembly
- Writing software to integrate and control sensors and actuators
- Tracking, investigating, and resolving software and hardware issues with robots
- Communicating with other engineers to integrate new designs
- Playing with some very large mechanisms
You:
- Are experienced with industry-standard CAD software (we use Onshape)
- Have experience writing software to control robotic systems
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced startup environment
- Have excellent written communication skills
- Are based in or can relocate to the SF bay area
- Gain satisfaction from personally playing a part in mitigating climate change
- Are excited to see your work deployed onto actual solar farms!
It’d also be nice if you:
- Have experience working with industrial robot arms, end effectors, and automation systems
- Have a 4-year degree in mechanical engineering or a related field
About Charge Robotics
Charge Robotics is a YC-backed startup building robots that build large-scale solar farms. Demand for new solar projects is booming (1/5th 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.
We’re a small, fast moving company which means constant opportunity for learning and growth. You’ll have a large impact on the direction of our company and our product, which will be reflected in significant equity compensation. And you get to play with 🤖 giant robots 🤖.
If you are excited to work on interesting technical problems with direct climate impact, you’re going to fit right in.
