Founding Lead Recruiter

Charge Robotics • San Leandro, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

As the Lead Recruiter at Charge Robotics and founding member of our people function, you’ll take critical ownership of recruiting, work with the team to create an excellent pipeline of candidates, and deliver a standout interview, hiring, and onboarding experience. You'll be substantially responsible for growing our passionate and amazing team as we work together to transform the solar industry.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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!

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees