Founder's Associate Intern

TAR•Austin, TX
•Onsite

About The Position

This is the internship version of our Founder’s Associate role, based full-time in our San Francisco or Austin office. You take on real, ambiguous, low-structure problems from day one: running point on a special project, helping organize a deployment test, keeping the office running, and removing friction for the engineering team. It is hands-on, high-agency work with direct exposure to the founders and the technical team. Strong interns are a primary pipeline for full-time Founder’s Associate offers.

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree, or taking time out of one, with some internship or work experience in a demanding environment.
  • Very high agency and comfort with unclear, low-structure tasks.
  • Strong organization, judgment, and a bias for action.
  • Available to work full-time and in person at the office for the internship period.

Nice To Haves

  • Prior exposure to a startup, hardware, or deep-tech environment.
  • Evidence of owning something real end-to-end (a project, a club, a small company, a build).

Responsibilities

  • Own scoped special projects end-to-end, from brief to delivered result.
  • Support the effectiveness of engineering and technical leadership by handling logistics and removing blockers.
  • Help run daily operations of the San Francisco office.
  • Help organize and coordinate deployment and infrastructure tests with the SF team.
  • Pitch in wherever the team needs leverage.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • $1K monthly stipend for meals
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