R&D Engineering Technician
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Job overview
Charge Robotics is hiring a R&D Engineering Technician. Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots to construct solar farms, addressing labor shortages in the booming solar industry. This role offers constant learning and growth opportunities, with a significant impact on the company's direction. The R&D Engineering Technician will play a major role in building, testing, and deploying the next generation of solar installation robots.
Key focus areas include Support mechanical and software engineering teams in assembly, testing, and support of new robotic systems, Maintain and organize the workshop, and Develop and maintain engineering documentation including SOPs.
Successful candidates bring 2+ Years Relevant Experience and Follow Safety Procedures. Important skills include Assembly, Testing, Workshop Maintenance, Workshop Organization, Engineering Documentation, and SOP Development. Preferred (not required): Industrial Robot Arms, End Effectors, and Automation Systems.
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Full job description
About Charge 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.
If you are excited to work on interesting problems with direct climate impact, you’re going to fit right in at Charge Robotics.
Read more about Charge in recent press:
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Fast Company – Solar Building Robots to Solve One of Climate's Biggest Problems
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MIT News – Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories
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YouTube – full video of our Gen1 robots building a solar farm
Charge’s funding: We’re MIT-founded and backed by top generalist and climate tech investors, including Energy Impact Partners, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Y Combinator (S21).
What you’ll be working on:
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Supporting the mechanical + software engineering teams in assembly, testing, and support of new robotic systems
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Maintaining and organizing the workshop
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Developing and maintaining engineering documentation including SOPs
As a R&D Engineering Technician at Charge Robotics, you’ll play a major role in building, testing, and deploying our next generation of solar installation robots.
You:
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Have at least 2+ years of relevant experience
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Have mechanical intuition refined through personal or professional projects
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Have a positive attitude and like working on a team
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Will follow safety procedures + reinforce a culture of safety
It’d also be nice if you:
- Have experience working with industrial robot arms, end effectors, and automation systems Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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