Robotics Engineer

Company: TAR
Location: San Francisco CA (in office 5 days per week with field work in austere desert conditions)
Compensation: $150000 - $250000 competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers (OPT H-1B transfer)

TAR is building the worlds first off-grid power plant for data centers powered by renewables. Connecting a new data center to the grid takes 3-5 years; TAR removes that bottleneck by manufacturing deploying and operating off-grid energy assets vertically integrating everything from racking and power electronics to dispatch algorithms and on-site construction.

TAR has raised $120M through its Series A.

TAR is hiring a Robotics Engineer (Mechanical 7-10 years) to own the mechanical architecture of an autonomous field robot that will change how utility-scale solar is built. You will join a small high-agency team on a ground-up hardware program with founding-level ownership taking the machine from concept to prototype to production fleet by designing building breaking and rebuilding it in the field.

• Own the full mechanical architecture: chassis mast tool head rebar handling feed system drivetrain and locomotion for rough desert terrain.
• Design prototype and iterate rapidly machining parts working with fab shops and testing hardware in the dirt.
• Specify and integrate actuators sensors and power distribution with the electrical/mechatronics engineer.
• Perform structural and dynamic analysis including reaction loads vibration fatigue and tip-over stability.
• Take the design toward a small production fleet with a focus on DFM reliability and field serviceability.

• 7-10 years of mechanical engineering on robotics or heavy mobile machinery
• End-to-end ownership of a machine from concept to production
• Hands-on prototyping and fabrication experience
• Structural and dynamic analysis skills (FEA)
• Comfort working in the field in austere conditions
• Ability to work in the San Francisco office 5 days a week

SolidWorks CAD FEA GD&T hydraulics electric actuators motor sizing and selection rapid prototyping DFM

REVENUE: 17% of first-year salary. Est. fee per hire $26K-$43K; 5 seat(s) up to $170K if all filled.

TARGET COMPANIES (suggested): Tesla SpaceX Built Robotics Terabase Energy Caterpillar John Deere.

BEST-FIT CANDIDATE: 7-10 yrs; ME robotics/heavy machinery; concept-to-production ownership; hands-on prototyping; visa: transfers only; location: SF field.