Senior Robotics Integration 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 Founders Fund, Energy Impact Partners, 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 https://www.fastcompany.com/91108331/these-solar-assembling-robotic-arms-could-solve-one-of-the-industrys-biggest-problems
• MIT News – Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories https://news.mit.edu/2025/charge-robotics-makes-solar-projects-cheaper-faster-portable-factories-0312
• YouTube – full video of our Gen1 robots building a solar farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ2fP1Y5Z2E

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Senior Robotics Integration Engineer at Charge Robotics, you'll be working full-stack on hardware and software integration, playing a direct role in deploying gigawatts of clean power generation.

What you'll be working on:

• Architecting, building, documenting, testing, and iterating on mechatronic systems for our robotic factory
• Integrating and commissioning sensors, actuators, control systems, and industrial automation hardware (actuators, motors, hydraulic systems, robot arms)
• Optimizing the interface between mechanical, electrical, and software components to ensure reliability and safety in factory and field deployments

You

• Have strong experience in mechatronics, robotics integration, or automation engineering, with hands-on skills in both hardware and software
• Are proficient in at least one programming language (we use a lot of Python) and are comfortable reading electrical schematics and mechanical drawings
• Know how to instrument, test, and validate complex electromechanical systems as a member of a team, including writing documentation, using version control, and performing systematic debugging
• Have worked in a fast-paced startup environment before, and loved it
• Are excited to work with (and occasionally safely climb into) giant robots
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 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 open to ~10% travel to field (solar construction sites) to work directly with our product in its deployment environment
• 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, motion planning, PLCs, or automated manufacturing systems
• Have a 4-year degree in mechatronics, robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field
• Gain satisfaction from personally playing a part in mitigating climate change