# First Manufacturing Engineer

**Company:** [Charge Robotics](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/charge-robotics)
**Location:** San Leandro, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Mechanical Drawings, Manufacturing Documentation, Boms, Part Qualification, Incoming Inspection, Supplier Quality, Metal Fabrication, Rigging, Heavy Machinery, DFM, Dfa, GD&T
**Posted:** 2026-06-11

> Lead manufacturing for robotic solar farm construction systems, scaling from prototype to production while collaborating with design, supply chain, and vendors. Requires 4-8 years bringing complex electromechanical products to production.

## Job Description

## What you'll be working on
- Taking the lead on building + scaling production of our state-of-the-art robotic systems that assemble solar farms in the field
- Collaborating with design engineers to ensure systems are manufacturable, cost-effective, and easy to assemble
- Developing and maintaining manufacturing documentation, drawings, and BOMs
- Supporting part qualification, incoming inspection, and supplier quality initiatives
- Making it faster and easier to build our robots and, in turn, accelerate the deployment of clean energy

## You
- Have 4-8 years of experience bringing complex electromechanical products from prototype to production — especially systems that include metal fabrication, rigging, and heavy machinery
- Understand how to read and create mechanical drawings and manufacturing documentation
- Have a strong ability to communicate clearly (written/verbal) with engineers, suppliers, technicians, and leadership
- Are based in or can relocate to the SF Bay Area, and able to work 4-5 days/week from our San Leandro HQ
- Are open to ~10% travel to field (solar construction sites) to work directly with our product in its deployment environment
- Are excited to see our robots deployed onto actual solar farms!

## Nice to have
- Have a degree in a related field
- Have used ION manufacturing software before
- Have experience sourcing and qualifying suppliers & contract manufacturers
- Are familiar with DFM, DFA, and/or GD&T principles
- Are excited to grow into a leadership role as we scale our systems and teams

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