Head of Manufacturing

About the role

Charge Robotics is seeking a Head of Manufacturing to own the end‑to‑end process of building its solar‑farm robots, from standing up the first production facility to scaling manufacturing for field deployments.

Key responsibilities

• Build, lead and grow a world‑class manufacturing team aligned with company goals and roadmap.
• Operationalize the production facility end‑to‑end, including site readiness, equipment, workflows, safety and staffing.
• Establish and maintain a manufacturing engineering organization that works closely with design engineering to ensure efficient, high‑quality production.
• Own the New Product Introduction (NPI) process to enable smooth handoffs from development to production.
• Partner with supply chain to drive cost‑of‑goods reduction through design‑for‑manufacturing feedback, process optimization and yield improvement.
• Define manufacturing processes, documentation, BOMs, part qualification and supplier quality standards.
• Represent the manufacturing function to employees, customers, executives and investors, and ensure EHS compliance.

Required profile

• 10+ years of professional experience, including 3+ years in a manufacturing leadership role and experience standing up a production facility.
• Proven track record bringing complex electromechanical systems involving metal fabrication, rigging or heavy machinery from prototype to production.
• Strong communication skills across engineers, suppliers, technicians and leadership.
• Based in or willing to relocate to the SF Bay Area and able to work onsite 4‑5 days per week.
• Willingness to travel up to ~20% for field deployments and production site work.
• Passion for mitigating climate change.

Required skills

• Electromechanical systems
• Metal fabrication
• Rigging
• Heavy machinery
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
• Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Supplier sourcing and qualification
• ION manufacturing software
• Automation
• Robotics
• Capital equipment manufacturing