Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots that build solar farms.
Demand for new solar projects is booming (1/5th 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 our product, which will be reflected in significant equity compensation. And you get to work with 🤖 giant robots 🤖.
If you are excited to work on interesting technical 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
Solar Industry Mag - Charge Completes First Robotics Deployment with Nation's Largest Solar EPC (SOLV Energy)
YouTube - video of our robots building a solar farm!
Charge’s funding:
We’re MIT-founded and backed by top generalist and climate tech investors, including Lux Capital and Y Combinator (S21).
About the role:As the Lead Recruiter at Charge Robotics and founding member of our people & talent function, you’ll take critical ownership of recruiting, work with the team to create an excellent pipeline of candidates, and deliver a standout interview, hiring, and onboarding experience. You'll be substantially responsible for growing our passionate and amazing team as we work together to transform the solar industry.
What you will do:Build our talent function and recruiting processes from scratch
Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and screening to negotiating and closing
Be a strategic partner to hiring managers across the company, collaborating on candidate strategy and ensuring that hiring goals are met in a timely manner with top-tier candidates
Create a positive, seamless, and fair candidate experience
Initially lead employee onboarding until we can grow into a larger people function
Report to and collaborate closely with our founder/CEO
Be the face of Charge Robotics and help us build a stellar employer brand
Are excited and motivated to personally play a role in mitigating climate change
Have 5+ years of experience doing full-cycle recruiting for technical roles
Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
Have superb negotiation and relationship management skills
Are detail-oriented with a ruthless ability to prioritize
Have a metrics-driven mindset, leveraging data to understand pipeline health and improve velocity, quality, retention
Believe in treating all people with dignity and respect, regardless of title or tenure
Are proficient in ATS and other HR technologies to support data-driven decision-making and process optimization. A few tools that we use: Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Gusto
Enjoy working in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment
Are based in or can relocate to the SF Bay Area, and able to work ~4 days/week from our San Leandro HQ
Are passionate about and knowledgeable of robotics
Have hired across software and hardware engineering roles
Have experience building out a people function for a small and rapidly growing team, incl. owning recruiting-adjacent processes like onboarding, brand-building, or HR
Are excited to see our robots deployed onto actual solar farms!
Skills Required
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience for technical roles
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong negotiation and relationship management skills
- Detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize effectively
- Metrics-driven mindset with experience using data to improve recruiting outcomes
- Proficiency with ATS and HR technologies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment
- Based in or able to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area
- Able to work approximately four days per week from the San Leandro headquarters
- Passion for and knowledge of robotics
- Experience hiring for software and hardware engineering roles
- Experience building a people function for a small, rapidly growing team
- Experience owning onboarding, employer branding, or HR processes
- Passion for seeing robots deployed on solar farms
What We Do
Charge Robotics is building robots that automate the most labor-intensive parts of solar construction. Solar has rapidly become the cheapest form of power generation in many regions, and demand is skyrocketing — one fifth of all the solar in the US today was installed last year! — but today's construction companies can't keep up due to specialized labor shortages. Our robots make it cheaper, faster, and safer to build utility-scale solar farms, allowing construction companies to meet the rising demand for solar and enabling the world to switch to renewables faster. We’re MIT-founded and backed by some of Silicon Valley’s top investors, including Founders Fund, Energy Impact Partners, Lux Capital, Y Combinator (S21).
