Corporate Development Associate

Menlo • San Francisco, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Menlo Research is an Applied R&D lab building Asimov, an open-source humanoid robot platform, and the full software stack that powers it. Our mission is to make humanoid labor economically viable -- turning software into physical labor at scale. We build across the full stack: hardware architecture, locomotion, autonomy, simulation, and infrastructure. We move fast, ship to real robots, and open-source everything we can. If you want your work to matter beyond a paper or a demo, this is the place. The Role Menlo is at an inflection point. We are shipping hardware, scaling our platform, and building commercial relationships with forward-looking organizations who want to deploy a robot labor force. As our first Corporate Development hire, you will work directly with the founding team to shape how Menlo grows -- through capital, partnerships, and strategic deals. This is a generalist corp dev role: you will touch fundraising, BD, and M&A simultaneously and figure out what matters most as we scale.

Requirements

• 3 to 6 years of experience across investment banking, venture capital, management consulting, or in-house corp dev
• Strong financial modeling and deal structuring skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder processes end to end
• Excellent written and verbal communication -- you can make a compelling case in a deck, a memo, or a room
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and switching between strategic and executional work on the same day
• Based in Singapore or willing to relocate

Nice To Haves

• Prior exposure to deep tech, robotics, or hardware companies
• Existing network in the Southeast Asia venture or corporate ecosystem
• Experience closing commercial pilots or enterprise contracts
• Mandarin or Vietnamese language skills

Responsibilities

• Support and drive the end-to-end fundraising process, including materials, investor outreach, data room management, and follow-through
• Build and maintain relationships with VCs, family offices, and strategic investors across Singapore, Southeast Asia, and globally
• Track the funding landscape for robotics and embodied AI and keep the team briefed on relevant activity
• Identify, qualify, and develop commercial relationships with organizations looking to pilot or deploy Asimov
• Negotiate and close partnership agreements, MOUs, and commercial pilots
• Work with the Menlo Platform and Asimov teams to shape what we offer partners and how
• Represent Menlo at industry events, conferences, and in external meetings
• Source and evaluate acquisition targets, strategic investments, and talent deals
• Run financial modeling, due diligence, and deal structuring for any inorganic opportunities
• Synthesize market intelligence to inform where Menlo should invest or expand

Benefits

• You will have meaningful ownership over how Menlo grows.
• This is not a support role -- you will be in the room for consequential decisions and responsible for outcomes.
• Menlo moves fast, operates lean, and you will see the direct impact of your work on the company's trajectory.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed