Charge Robotics · 12 hours ago
Founding Lead Recruiter
San Leandro HQ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $190K/yr
6+ years expCharge Robotics is a Series A startup building robots that build solar farms. As the Lead Recruiter, you will take critical ownership of recruiting and work with the team to create an excellent pipeline of candidates while delivering a standout interview, hiring, and onboarding experience.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ConstructionRoboticsSolarSustainability
Responsibilities
Build our talent function and recruiting processes from scratch
Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and screening to negotiating and closing
Be a strategic partner to hiring managers across the company, collaborating on candidate strategy and ensuring that hiring goals are met in a timely manner with top-tier candidates
Create a positive, seamless, and fair candidate experience
Initially lead employee onboarding until we can grow into a larger people function
Report to and collaborate closely with our founder/CEO
Be the face of Charge Robotics and help us build a stellar employer brand
Qualification
Required
Are excited and motivated to personally play a role in mitigating climate change
Have 6+ years of experience in recruiting, at least some of that for engineering roles
Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
Have superb negotiation and relationship management skills
Are detail-oriented with a ruthless ability to prioritize
Have a metrics-driven mindset, leveraging data to understand pipeline health and improve velocity, quality, retention
Believe in treating all people with dignity and respect, regardless of title or tenure
Are proficient in ATS and other HR technologies to support data-driven decision-making and process optimization. A few tools that we use: Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Bookface, Gusto
Enjoy working in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment
Are based in or can relocate to the SF Bay Area, and able to work 4-5 days/week from our San Leandro HQ
Preferred
Are passionate about and knowledgeable of robotics
Have a 4-year degree in the liberal arts or a related area
Have hired across software and hardware roles
Have experience building out a people function for a small and rapidly growing team, incl. owning recruiting-adjacent processes like onboarding, brand-building, or HR
Are excited to see our robots deployed onto actual solar farms!
Company
Charge Robotics
Charge Robotics is a robotics company that offers robots for labor-intensive solar construction automaition.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$17M2024-08-02Series Unknown· $17M
2022-05-01Seed
2021-08-22Pre Seed
Leadership Team
Banks Hunter
Cofounder & CEO
Max Justicz
Cofounder & CTO
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