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# Senior Electrical Engineer at Charge Robotics

- **Company:** Charge Robotics
- **Location:** San Leandro, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/charge-robotics/8577fb8e-c679-4460-be73-f87b3a0b7981

## Job description

## 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 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 a Senior Electrical Engineer at Charge Robotics, you'll be designing and implementing the electrical systems that power our robotic factory, playing a direct role in deploying gigawatts of clean power generation.

What you'll be working on:

- Designing, testing, and validating electrical systems including power distribution, control circuits, and signal conditioning for our robotic factory
- Selecting and integrating motors, sensors, actuators, PLCs, and other electrical/electronic components to meet system requirements for reliability and performance
- Creating electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and harness designs while establishing standards for electrical documentation and best practices
- Troubleshooting electrical issues in factory and field deployments, working closely with mechanical and software teams to ensure seamless system integration
- Scaling electrical systems from design to manufacturing and deployment

You:

- Have strong experience in electrical engineering with hands-on skills in power systems, control systems, and industrial automation
- Can read and create electrical schematics, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams, and are proficient with CAD tools for electrical design
- Have experience specifying and integrating electrical components (motors, drives, sensors, relays, PLCs) and understand electrical codes and safety standards
- 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
- 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 with high-power electrical systems, motion control, or industrial robotics
- Have a 4-year degree in electrical engineering or a related field
- Are familiar with Python or other programming languages for testing and automation

## About Charge Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Charge Robotics builds robots that automate the most labor-intensive parts of solar construction, enabling faster, cheaper, and safer deployment of utility-scale solar farms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A – $17.1M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Leandro, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Banks Hunter (CEO) and Max Justicz (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Solar construction automation / Robotics for renewable energy infrastructure.
- **Target customers**: B2B – solar construction companies, EPC contractors, and utility-scale project developers.
- **Mission or purpose**: Accelerate the transition to renewables by removing the labor bottleneck that limits solar installation growth.

## Products & Services
- **Sunrise (Autonomous Solar Construction System)**: A fully autonomous system that handles the most labor-intensive parts of solar farm assembly – including pile driving, racking installation, and module placement. It is deployed as a portable factory on-site, dramatically reducing the need for specialized manual labor.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $17,124,997 (as of August 2024, led by Lux Capital).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lux Capital, Y Combinator (S21 batch), Gustaf Alstromer (primary partner).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 40% YoY to 26 employees (as of mid-2025).
  - Deployed first commercial system in late 2025.
  - Featured in MIT News and Fast Company for breakthrough solar construction automation.
  - Active job postings increased 450% year-over-year.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in solar construction robotics**: While many companies automate solar manufacturing, Charge Robotics is one of the few focused on the on-site assembly process – the current bottleneck.
- **Portable factory model**: Their system can be shipped and set up directly at project sites, reducing transportation costs and assembly time.
- **Strong founding team**: MIT EECS backgrounds (Banks Hunter and Max Justicz) with deep technical expertise in robotics and systems engineering.
- **Backed by top-tier climate and deep-tech investors** (Lux Capital, Y Combinator).

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale commercial deployments**: After proving the first commercial system, the company is now focused on scaling production and expanding to more solar projects.
- **Hiring across engineering and operations**: Open roles include Head of Engineering, Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Field Engineer, and more – indicating a push to grow the team and product simultaneously.
- **Reduce cost of solar installation**: Long-term goal is to make solar farms cheaper and faster to build, enabling renewables to outcompete fossil fuels on a massive scale.

## Why Work Here
- **High-impact climate mission**: Directly contributes to accelerating the global energy transition by solving a real-world bottleneck in solar construction.
- **Fast-growing startup**: 40% headcount growth and a clear trajectory from prototype to commercial deployment.
- **Culture**: Described as fostering creativity, collaboration, diversity, and inclusivity (from careers page). Offers comprehensive benefits and a sense of purpose.
- **Work policy**: On-site in the San Francisco Bay Area (San Leandro HQ and Oakland office). Roles are primarily in-person for hardware and robotics work.
- **Engineering focus**: Strong technical team with talent sourced from Tesla, Aeva, Vicarious Surgical, and other advanced robotics companies. Opportunity to work on full-stack robotics (software, hardware, field integration).

## Sources
1. [chargerobotics.com](https://chargerobotics.com/)
2. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/charge-robotics)
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/charge-robotics)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/charge-robotics) (careers page)

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