Deep Science Ventures
Energy Infrastructure
FounderinResidence,Scalinggridconstructionanddeployment
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“Founder in Residence, Scaling grid construction and deployment at Deep Science Ventures. Skills: Venture creation, Grid expansion, Transmission construction, Structural engineering. Refine technical thesis. Improve technical thesis”
What You'll Achieve.
Reduce cost of construction; Accelerate grid expansion; Develop early proof-of-concept data; Attract high profile VCs; Obtain grant funding; Achieve Series A funding
Industry & Context.
Solve urgent unmet challenges; First principles thinking
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Modular structural systems, Advanced connection technologies, Lightweight and composite structural materials, Foundation engineering and geotechnics, Automated and robotic construction, Full project lifecycle experience, Prototype or field trial experience, Venture creation or product leadership
Nice to Have
Network across transmission operators, Network across EPC contractors, Network across utilities
What You'll Do.
Refine technical thesis
Improve technical thesis
Complement scoping work
Develop market strategy
Develop value capture strategy
Develop techno-economics
Develop regulatory strategy
Develop fundraising strategy
Optimize company strategy
Prepare for Investment Committee
Recruit advisory team
Recruit co-founding team
Fundraise for expansion funds
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
DSV team; Partner's team; Cross-functional teams
Full Job Description
**Join us to build** : we’re seeking entrepreneurially-minded individuals with deep technical and commercial domain expertise, who are eager to solve urgent unmet challenges through venture building. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of energy infrastructure, leading a company that dramatically reduces the cost of high-voltage transmission construction through novel approaches to fragmentation and modularity. The role is full-time, remote initially until venture incorporation and spin-out (circa Q4 2027), location TBD. **The Problem Worth Solving** Across the UK, US and Europe, electricity transmission networks face an unprecedented construction challenge. Decarbonisation targets and the electrification of heat, transport, and industry require a dramatic expansion of high-voltage overhead lines - yet the construction methods used to build transmission towers have barely changed in half a century. Lattice steel towers are fabricated in large sections, transported by heavy goods vehicles and erected using mobile cranes that can cost £300K-£750K per project mobilisation. Foundations are over-designed because site-specific geotechnical data is too expensive to gather at scale. Most cost-reduction efforts remain anchored in incremental optimisation: slightly lighter steelwork, marginally faster crane cycles. These leave the fundamental cost structure intact. Mass-dependent items - steel, concrete, transport, cranage and installation labour - still account for 35-45% of total line CAPEX. For transmission operators facing the scale of the UK's ASTI programme, or equivalent US and European grid expansion, incremental savings are not enough. **The Opportunity** We believe the answer is fragmentation and modularity: decomposing transmission towers into standardised, factory-produced modules - small enough for conventional transport, light enough to assemble without heavy plant, designed for rapid field connection by semi-skilled labour. This appro
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