R&D Technician (electrical assembly)

Charge Robotics
San Leandro HQ, San Leandro HQ
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level technicians with electrical assembly experience who thrive in fast-paced startup environments and want climate impact.

Best fit for

  • Technicians with hands-on electrical intuition from personal or professional projects.
    — “Have electrical intuition refined through personal or professional projects
  • Candidates comfortable interpreting schematics and assembling complex systems independently.
    — “comfortable interpreting schematics/drawings and assembling complex electrical systems independently
  • Individuals who enjoy in-person collaboration in a dynamic startup setting.
    — “like working in-person on a fast-paced startup team

Things to consider

  • Role requires maintaining and organizing the workshop space.
    — “Maintaining and organizing the workshop
  • Must follow and reinforce a culture of safety procedures.
    — “follow safety procedures + reinforce a culture of safety

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of developing engineering documentation in past roles.
    — “Developing and maintaining engineering documentation, including assembly instructions and SOPs
  • Demonstrate experience with industrial robot arms or automation systems if applicable.
    — “Have experience working with industrial robot arms, end effectors, and industrial automation systems
  • Showcase projects where you independently assembled complex electrical systems.
    — “assembling complex electrical systems independently
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · IndividualLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

  • successful assembly and testing of robotic systems
  • improved efficiency in solar farm construction
Typical background
electrical engineeringrobotics

Skills & requirements

Required

Electrical AssemblyRoboticsMechanical Engineering

Preferred

Industrial Robot ArmsEnd Effectors

Stack & domain

Electrical Assembly

About the role

Original posting from Charge Robotics via Ashby

ABOUT CHARGE

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.

If you are excited to work on interesting 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 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

CHARGE’S FUNDING:

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

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As a R&D Engineering Technician at Charge Robotics, you’ll play a major role in building, testing, and deploying our next generation of solar installation robots.

WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING ON:

  • Supporting the mechanical + software engineering teams in assembly, testing, and support of new robotic systems
  • Maintaining and organizing the workshop
  • Developing and maintaining engineering documentation, including assembly instructions and SOPs

YOU:

  • Have at least 2+ years of relevant experience in electrical assembly
  • Have electrical intuition refined through personal or professional projects
  • Are comfortable interpreting schematics/drawings and assembling complex electrical systems independently
  • Have a positive attitude and like working in-person on a fast-paced startup team
  • Will follow safety procedures + reinforce a culture of safety

IT’D ALSO BE NICE IF YOU:

  • Have experience working with industrial robot arms, end effectors, and industrial automation systems

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are an equal opportunity employer and 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.

Source: Charge Robotics careers (Ashby)

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