---
title: 'Senior Robotics Integration Engineer at Charge Robotics'
canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-robotics-integration-engineer-charge-robotics-san-leandro-sps0xptbfftm'
type: 'job'
last_seen: '2026-09-07'
---

# Senior Robotics Integration Engineer at Charge Robotics

- **Company:** Charge Robotics
- **Location:** San Leandro, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/charge-robotics/3fb0da57-a450-49f1-9bc1-082b8bf35e45

## 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 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

## 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)

## Other roles at Charge Robotics

- [Electrical Design Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/electrical-design-engineer-charge-robotics-san-leandro-wv8cqzs953cx) — San Leandro, CA
- [R&D Technician, Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/r-d-technician-manager-charge-robotics-san-leandro-q1c120ecv54q) — San Leandro, CA
- [Senior Electrical Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-electrical-engineer-charge-robotics-san-leandro-73t7epedt2sq) — San Leandro, CA
- [Senior Robotics Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-robotics-software-engineer-charge-robotics-san-leandro-v5jysq56e7gr) — San Leandro, CA
- [Lead R&D Technician](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-r-d-technician-charge-robotics-san-leandro-ymxbg4qv24yw) — San Leandro, CA
- [Solar Site Superintendent - Mechanical Foreman](https://feeny.ai/job/solar-site-superintendent-mechanical-foreman-charge-robotics-2bxb5dg7y8kh)
- [Manufacturing Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/manufacturing-engineer-charge-robotics-san-leandro-pxv2f1zemw6e) — San Leandro, CA
- [R&D Technician (electrical assembly)](https://feeny.ai/job/r-d-technician-electrical-assembly-charge-robotics-san-leandro-9mbsj0b2snje) — San Leandro, CA
- [Technical Project Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/technical-project-manager-charge-robotics-san-leandro-4zkk17shjm1c) — San Leandro, CA
- [Head of Manufacturing](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-manufacturing-charge-robotics-san-leandro-nayms70f1sgr) — San Leandro, CA