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Charge Robotics is a Series A startup building autonomous robots that construct solar farms, directly addressing labor bottlenecks in the renewable energy sector. The company is MIT-founded and backed by top climate tech investors including Lux Capital and Y Combinator (S21).
As the Lead Recruiter and founding member of Charge's people and talent function, you will take critical ownership of building the talent function and recruiting processes from scratch. You'll own the complete end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and screening through negotiation and offer closure. You'll serve as a strategic partner to hiring managers across the company, collaborating on candidate strategy and ensuring hiring goals are met with top-tier talent. You'll create a positive, seamless, and fair candidate experience, initially lead employee onboarding until the people function can scale, report directly to the founder/CEO, and be the face of Charge Robotics in building a stellar employer brand.
This is a high-impact role in a fast-moving startup where you'll have significant influence on company direction and culture. You'll work in a collaborative environment with direct access to leadership and the opportunity to shape how Charge attracts and retains talent as it scales.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience for technical roles
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Superb negotiation and relationship management abilities
- Detail-oriented with ruthless prioritization skills
- Metrics-driven mindset, leveraging data to understand pipeline health, velocity, quality, and retention
- Belief in treating all people with dignity and respect regardless of title or tenure
- Proficiency in ATS and HR technologies (experience with Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Gusto preferred)
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment
- Based in or able to relocate to SF Bay Area; able to work approximately 4 days/week from San Leandro HQ
- Excitement and motivation to personally contribute to climate change mitigation
NICE-TO-HAVE:
- Passion for and knowledge of robotics
- Experience hiring across software and hardware engineering roles
- Experience building out a people function for small, rapidly growing teams, including recruiting-adjacent processes like onboarding, brand-building, or HR
- Interest in seeing robots deployed on actual solar farms
