Founding Engineer

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Founding Engineer Salary £100k-£150k + Equity Company Description Tekton Dynamics is a YC-backed robotics startup that raised a $6M seed round from the founders of PayPal, Slack, and Affirm. Based in a London industrial lab, the team includes AI PhDs and former CTOs building the AI control layer for industrial robots to automate complex manufacturing tasks. Job Description As employee #4 at Tekton Dynamics, you will build the intelligence layer for industrial robotics. You will work across the entire stack, from training perception models to physically installing vision sensors on robot cells. This role combines deep technical engineering with hands-on hardware integration to solve real-world welding challenges. Location London, UK Why this role is remarkable Work directly with founders who are Oxford AI PhDs and former startup CTOs on high-impact physical AI and robotics.Exceptional backing from Y Combinator and industry giants like the founders of PayPal, Slack, and Affirm with $6M in funding.True zero-to-one ownership as employee #4, building systems deployed today with real-world industry partners rather than research projects. What You Will Do Design and construct core systems fusing software, hardware, and edge networks to create intelligent control for industrial robots.Train computer vision pipelines and optimize motion planning stacks to handle variable welding scenarios in production environments.Calibrate vision sensors and integrate robotic cells hands-on in the London industrial lab and at customer manufacturing facilities. The ideal candidate 3+ years of experience as a software generalist in highly technical startup environments with a proven "T-shaped" engineering skill set.Evidence of raw intelligence through top-tier academic results, publications, or a track record of taking products from zero-to-one.Comfortable debugging the "messy reality" of physical hardware, including edge compute, network redundancy, and sensor calibration. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work? Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.