Charge Robotics
Head of Engineering
$180K–$350K
San Leandro HQ · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in an engineering leadership role; must have overseen multiple development cycles end-to-end and shipped complex electromechanical systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads Charge Robotics’ engineering team as it moves from initial commercial deployments to repeatable production and scaled performance for its solar-farm construction robots.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-disciplinary engineering team while aligning engineering strategy with company goals.
- Guide product design and scale engineering from R&D and prototypes through manufacturing and full production.
- Establish engineering processes and best practices for planning, performance reviews, development, testing, and documentation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role.
- Oversight of multiple end-to-end development cycles and shipment of complex electromechanical systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field.
- Based in or able to relocate to the SF Bay Area; able to work 4–5 days/week from the San Leandro HQ and travel ~10% to field sites.
Nice to have
- Extensive experience developing automation and robotics systems.
- Experience with solar power generation technologies or across multiple engineering disciplines.
Pay
$180,000 to $300,000 USD annual base salary; $250K – $350K USD total pay
Tools
Robotics, electromechanical systems
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