TAR
Lead Robotics Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 30, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in robotics engineering.
About the job
Leads the architecture, hands-on development, and engineering practice for robots that install solar infrastructure at gigawatt scale.
What you'll do
- Own robotic systems architecture across mechanical, electrical, controls, and software integration; design and iterate on hardware and software.
- Establish design review, testing, validation, and documentation standards, and close capability gaps as the robotics function grows.
- Mentor engineers and coordinate robotics decisions with hardware, software, manufacturing, and other teams.
What they ask for
- 7+ years in robotics engineering across disciplines relevant to full robotic systems.
- Experience building or leading an early-stage robotics engineering function and establishing its processes and standards.
- Deep hands-on robotics expertise and experience mentoring or informally leading engineers.
- Strong communication skills and comfort with ownership and ambiguity.
Nice to have
- Experience with robotics in austere, field, industrial, or infrastructure environments; prior first-hire or founding robotics-team experience.
- Formal people-management experience or familiarity with energy infrastructure and autonomous systems.
Pay
Up to $15K relocation bonus
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