Mechanical Engineer (all levels)

Charge Robotics is hiring a Mechanical Engineer (all levels). It pays $130k-$190k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Charge Robotics.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Onshape, mechanical engineering and cad among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a mid-level role.
Charge Robotics has 13 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Mechanical Engineer to design and build robotics systems that automate solar farm construction.

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About Charge Robotics:

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.

We’re MIT-founded and backed by top generalist and climate tech investors, including Founders Fund, Energy Impact Partners, Lux Capital and Y Combinator (S21).

If you’re excited to work on interesting problems with direct climate impact, you’re going to fit right in! Read more about Charge at the links below:

About this role:

Mechanical Engineers are the heart of the Charge team — designing, diagnosing, and improving critical assemblies our large electromechanical factory and fleet of delivery vehicles.

What you’ll be working on:

Designing, building, testing, and iterating on mechanical systems for solar assembly
Tracking, investigating, and resolving hardware issues with robots
Communicating with other engineers to integrate new designs
Playing with some very large mechanisms

You:

Are experienced with industry-standard CAD software (we use Onshape)
Know how to fabricate your parts but also know when to send drawings out to a shop
Enjoy working in a fast-paced startup environment
Have excellent written communication skills
Gain satisfaction from personally playing a part in mitigating climate change
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 10-15% 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!

It’d also be nice if you:

Have experience working with industrial robot arms, end effectors, and automation systems
Have a 4-year degree in mechanical engineering or a related field

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.

How we rate this

Mechanical Engineer (all levels) at Charge Robotics rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Mechanical Engineer (all levels) is an open job at Charge Robotics.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $130k-$190k a year.
The role is based in San Leandro HQ.
The job was posted on September 28, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Charge Robotics. Apply on Charge Robotics

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Mechanical EngineeringCADRoboticsElectromechanical SystemsOnshape

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Tell me about a project where mechanical engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where cad was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where robotics was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where electromechanical systems was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Onshape in your day-to-day work.

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