Founding AI Native Lead

Embedding VC; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options/equity

Health, dental, vision

Visa sponsorship & green card support

Meals & team events

Job summary

RoboForce is hiring a Founding AI Native Lead in Milpitas to turn AI experiments into company-wide leverage. You will build workflows, agents, automations, and internal systems that make RoboForce faster, sharper, and more scalable, reporting directly to the co-founders.

You will collaborate with world-class AI and robotics experts, shaping the AI-native operating system and governance while driving rapid iteration and adoption across teams.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years across product, engineering, AI workflows, founder office, or Chief of Staff roles.
• Daily AI power user with hands-on experience using Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, or equivalent tools.
• Technical fluency with APIs, scripting, LLM tools, agent frameworks, integrations, and internal automation.
• Strong cross-functional execution across technical and non-technical teams.
• Builder mindset: vague problem -> working prototype -> real adoption.
• Sharp product judgment on when to use a prompt, bot, script, SOP, workflow, dashboard, or no tool.
• High judgment with sensitive company context, ambiguity, and fast-moving priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build RoboForce AI-native operating system with agents, automations, workflows, templates, and internal tools from prototype to production.
• Identify 3x leverage opportunities across the company; prototype, measure, scale, and sunset what doesn’t work.
• Drive AI agent adoption across AI, software, hardware, marketing, operations, recruiting, BD, and more.
• Lead cross-functional AI Champion network to codify best AI-native practices.
• Define company-wide standards for tools, cost, security, model routing, context management, and approvals.
• Partner with engineering and IT on connectors, local model hosting, monitoring, and secure deployment.
• Turn ambiguous AI-native priorities into clear systems, owners, workflows, and rhythms.
• Work in-office 5 days a week to enable high-bandwidth collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

AI workflows

Founder/officer experience

Cross-functional

Prototyping to production

Product judgment

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

OpenClaw

Hermes Agent

Local model hosting

Job description

Why RoboForce

RoboForce is an AI robotics company developing Physical AI-powered Robo-Labor for dull, dirty, and dangerous work. We are not just building AI robots. We are building an AI-native company.

We are hiring a Founding AI Native Lead, reporting directly to the co-founder and working closely with world-class AI and robotics experts across the company. This is a founding builder-operator role focused on turning AI from scattered experiments into company-wide leverage.

You will build workflows, agents, automations, playbooks, and internal systems that make RoboForce faster, sharper, and more scalable. You are helping make the entire company AI-native.

Responsibilities

• RoboForce AI-Native Operating System - Build RoboForce's internal AI-native operating system, including agents, automations, workflows, templates, and internal tools, from prototype to production.
• High-Leverage Opportunities - Identify where AI can create 3x leverage across the company. Prototype quickly, measure impact, scale what works, and kill what doesn't.
• Workflow Adoption - Drive AI agent adoption across AI, software, hardware, marketing, operations, recruiting, BD, and more by embedding AI into daily workflows.
• AI-native Champion Program - Lead the cross-functional AI Champion network to capture, spread, and operationalize the best AI-native practices across teams.
• AI Agent Usage Standards - Define company-wide standards for tools, cost, security, model routing, context management, and human approval thresholds.
• AI-Native Infrastructure - Partner with engineering and IT on connectors, permissions, local model hosting, monitoring, and secure deployment.
• Technical Chief of Staff Execution - Turn ambiguous AI-native priorities into clear systems, owners, workflows, and execution rhythms.
• In-Office Collaboration - Work in-office 5 days a week to enable high-bandwidth collaboration, rapid iteration, and direct access to teams.

Requirements

• 5-8+ years across product, engineering, AI workflows, founder office, or Chief of Staff roles.
• Daily AI power user with hands-on experience using Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, or equivalent tools.
• Technical fluency with APIs, scripting, LLM tools, agent frameworks, integrations, and internal automation.
• Strong cross-functional execution across technical and non-technical teams.
• Builder mindset: vague problem -> working prototype -> real adoption.
• Sharp product judgment on when to use a prompt, bot, script, SOP, workflow, dashboard, or no tool.
• High judgment with sensitive company context, ambiguity, and fast-moving priorities.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, agent frameworks, LLM routing, or local model hosting.
• Ex-founder or direct founder-office experience in a high-growth startup.
• Experience building a function, system, or operating cadence from zero.
• Background in AI, robotics, hardware, deep tech, or technically complex domains.

Benefits

• Competitive stock options/equity programs.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) plan.
• Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
• Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.