# R&D Technician, Manager

**Company:** [Charge Robotics](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/charge-robotics)
**Location:** San Leandro, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $90k – $120k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** mechanical assembly, electrical assembly, schematics, cad drawings, industrial automation, robot arms, end effectors, safety procedures, Team Management, SOPs
**Posted:** 2026-07-24

> Lead a team of 8 R&D technicians in building, testing, and deploying solar installation robots. Own build execution, people management, documentation, and workshop organization while bridging engineering and floor teams. Requires 5+ years mechanical/electrical assembly experience with leadership background.

## Job Description

## What you'll be working on
- Leading and people-managing a team of ~8 technicians, including approving hours/PTO, prioritizing and assigning work across projects, and holding regular 1:1s and performance feedback
- Owning build execution: ensuring builds are complete, on schedule, and meet quality standards, including final inspection and sign-off on completed systems
- Upskilling the team through hands-on coaching, onboarding new technicians, and building out their technical and process capabilities
- Supporting the mechanical + software engineering teams in assembly, testing, and support of new robotic systems, and translating engineering intent into clear build instructions
- Developing and maintaining engineering documentation, including assembly instructions and SOPs
- Maintaining and organizing the workshop, and driving continuous-improvement initiatives (e.g., 5S, tooling/fixture planning, build-process efficiency)
- Owning and reinforcing the team's culture of safety, including following and enforcing safety procedures

## Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in mechanical and/or electrical assembly, including prior experience leading or mentoring technicians
- Strong mechanical, electrical, equipment, and safety intuition refined through personal or professional projects
- Comfortable interpreting schematics/CAD drawings and assembling complex electromechanical systems independently
- Positive attitude, enjoy working in-person, and excited about managing and motivating a small team
- Will follow safety procedures and reinforce a strong and healthy culture of safety
- Available to work 5 days/week from our San Leandro, CA headquarters

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience working with industrial robot arms, end effectors, and industrial automation systems
- Excited to see our robots deployed on solar construction sites, and to play a direct role in fighting climate change!

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