Founders Associate (Technical) at Intuition Core Inc

Jack & Jill; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuition Core Inc, a Bay Area robotics startup, seeks a Technical Founders Associate to work directly with the founder to accelerate deployment of AI onto industrial robots. You will build internal tools, prototype data collection modes, and automate core processes, shaping both technical and business foundations.

The role offers high agency, exposure to product, hiring, and strategy decisions from day one, with a blend of software, data, and robotics focus in an AI-native environment.

Qualifications

• Portfolio of shipped projects in deep learning

Responsibilities

• Collaborate directly with the founder on high-leverage weekly priorities, including building internal tools, customer demos, and model evaluation pipelines.
• Design and prototype innovative data collection modalities while researching and benchmarking against existing frontier embodied AI datasets.
• Automate repetitive workflows and ship code at the speed of an AI-native engineer using modern ML frameworks and advanced AI coding tools.

Job description

Job Title

Founders Associate (Technical)

Salary

Not Disclosed

Company Description

Intuition Core Inc is an early-stage robotics startup building the AI deployment layer for industrial robots, led by a founding team from Berkeley BAIR, Fudan AI, and Google Robotics.

Job Description

As a Technical Founders Associate at Intuition Core Inc, you will work directly with the founder to accelerate deployment of AI onto industrial robots. You will build internal tools, prototype data collection modes, and automate core processes. This high-agency role involves everything from model evaluation to investor materials, shaping the company’s technical and business foundations.

Location

Bay Area, USA

Why this role is remarkable

• Work alongside a founding team from Berkeley BAIR, Fudan AI, and Google Robotics to redefine industrial robot deployment using world-model-based infrastructure.
• Join a company that has already proven its technology by shipping to two of the world's most demanding factories, bridging Silicon Valley software with Shenzhen hardware.
• Gain unprecedented exposure to every facet of the business, making high-impact decisions on product, hiring, and strategy from day one in an AI-native environment.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate directly with the founder on high-leverage weekly priorities, including building internal tools, customer demos, and model evaluation pipelines.
• Design and prototype innovative data collection modalities while researching and benchmarking against existing frontier embodied AI datasets.
• Automate repetitive workflows and ship code at the speed of an AI-native engineer using modern ML frameworks and advanced AI coding tools.

The ideal candidate

• Possesses a strong technical background with a portfolio of shipped projects such as apps, tools, or research papers in the deep learning space.
• Demonstrates high agency and "vibe coding" proficiency, staying current with the latest ML tools and modern deep learning frameworks.
• Combines excellent communication skills with a background in robotics or computer vision, potentially supplemented by experience in strategy consulting or venture capital.