Founding Engineer

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 withApply first principles to solve technical problemsIndex on solving the right problems over finding the perfect solutionDebate with data and logic, and then commit fully to executing team decisionsAppreciate that delivering customer value requires communicating and building trust with our customersMust-haves:3+ years shipping software in highly technical startup environments”T-shaped” systems and software generalistDesigned, built and deployed software as part of an engineering teamComfortable and confident in debugging messy reality: edge networks, hardware calibration, sim-to-real gapProven team player, clear communicator; you think from first principles, you identify assumptions and test them methodically, you question the ‘why’ behind every decisionNice-to-haves:Familiarity with training and evaluating machine learning pipelinesExperience in harsh industrial settings (welding/fabrication/heavy industry)Experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)Robotics and/or computer vision experienceEdge compute deployments, latency optimization and reliability monitoringExample areas you’d be involved in:Industrial workflowsProcess 3D CAD models into efficient data structuresCreate declarative representations of complex industrial processesPerceptionInstall, calibrate, and optimize vision sensor capture and fusion pipelinesTrain and deploy computer vision models for processing 2D/3D imagesRobot Control and CommandTune and optimize our robot motion planning and collision avoidance stackBuild and train AI/machine learning based systems to handle real-world welding scenariosSystems, hardware, and integrationDesign and construct sensor enclosures to protect sensors and edge devicesDesign robust network architectures with redundancy to ensure always-on and secure access to edge devicesEngage external vendors and integrators to plan and install robotic cellsPrivate health insurance + pension contributionsFree lunchCuriosity allowance (books, learning, memberships)A note on our in-office culture: Our team works in our industrial lab near London Bridge five days a week. In our opinion, it’s a core requirement for building physical AI - and we love it. Please only apply if this excites you too. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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 DynamicsAt 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 and how we operate.We are:Backed by Y Combinator and founders of PayPal, Affim, 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 RoleAs Tekton Dynamic’s Founding Engineer, you’ll operate as a core member of our