Tekton Dynamics
Manufacturing
FoundingEngineer
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.
“Founding Engineer at Tekton Dynamics. Skills: Robotics, AI, Software engineering, Hardware integration. Research systems. Plan systems”
Industry & Context.
First principles
Occasional travel, Travel UK, Travel Europe, Travel US, In person 5 days/week
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years shipping software, T-shaped systems generalist, T-shaped software generalist, Designed software as part of team, Built software as part of team, Deployed software as part of team, Debugging edge networks, Debugging hardware calibration, Debugging sim-to-real gap, Think from first principles, Identify assumptions, Test assumptions methodically, Question the 'why'
Nice to Have
Familiarity with ML pipelines, Experience in harsh industrial settings, Experience as Forward Deployed Engineer, Robotics experience, Computer vision experience, Edge compute deployments, Latency optimization, Reliability monitoring
What You'll Do.
Maintain core systems
Install vision sensors
Install industrial robots
Install welding equipment
Process 3D CAD models
Create declarative representations
Install vision sensors
Calibrate vision sensors
Optimize vision sensors
Train computer vision models
Deploy computer vision models
Tune robot motion planning
Optimize robot motion planning
Tune collision avoidance
Optimize collision avoidance
Design sensor enclosures
Construct sensor enclosures
Design network architectures
Engage external vendors
Install robotic cells
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Multi-disciplinary product engineering
Full Job Description
Location: Our industrial lab near London Bridge, in person 5 days/week, occasional travel to industry partners across the UK, Europe, and the US. Competitive salary: GBP 100-150K + bonus + meaningful equity. ABOUT TEKTON DYNAMICS At Tekton Dynamics, we are on a mission to empower every manufacturer, no matter their scale, to invent and build anything using intelligent robots. We are building the AI-powered control layer for industrial robots — starting with welding. Take a look at what we’re building https://tekton-dynamics.com/ and how we operate https://tekton-dynamics.com/careers/. We are: - Backed by Y Combinator and founders of PayPal, Affirm, Slack – with a $6M seed round. Scout investments by Sequoia, a16z, Accel, and Kleiner Perkins. - Founding team of AI PhDs and previous startup CTOs – everyone has a founder/CTO background. - Building with real industry partners from the start – focused on shipping robotic solutions for real-world deployment in record time. YOUR ROLE As Tekton Dynamic’s Founding Engineer, you’ll operate as a core member of our multi-disciplinary product engineering team. You'll be researching, planning, and developing systems and software across our entire engineering stack. This is not a typical “Software Engineer” role. You’ll design, build, and maintain core systems that fuse software, hardware and networks. You’ll be both in the weeds with deeply technical subject matter across software, robotics, and AI — and hands-on installing vision sensors, industrial robots, and welding equipment in our R&D lab and our customers’ production facilities. We value “T-shaped” engineers who: - Dive into subject matter they are unfamiliar with - Apply first principles to solve technical problems - Index on solving the right problems over finding the perfect solution - Debate with data and logic, and then commit fully to executing team decisions - Appreciate that delivering customer value requires communicating and building trust with our customers Must
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