Founder's Associate

TAR•Austin, TX

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

As Founders Associate, you work as an extension of the founders on the hardest problems in the business and make sure nothing operational slows the team down. You turn ambiguous, low-structure problems into shipped outcomes: project delivery one day, a financing workstream the next, standing up a new function from zero, or driving to the site to fix a supplier problem. This is an early-career to mid-level generalist role based in Austin or San Francisco, with travel to our West Texas site as needed.

Requirements

Minimum 1-5 years of professional experience in high-performance environments such as startups, consulting, banking, engineering, the military, or a strong tech-adjacent generalist background.
Very high agency and a track record of thriving in unclear, low-structure situations.
Demonstrated ability to own and deliver complex projects end to end.
Strong organization, sound judgment, and a bias for action.
Clear, direct communication with engineers, executives, suppliers, and outside counterparties.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating in or around a hardware, robotics, or deep-tech startup.
A track record of standing up new functions or processes from zero.
Comfort working alongside engineers and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

Drive delivery of GW-scale projects alongside our construction, procurement, and development teams, filling gaps so schedules hold.
Own special projects end to end, from ambiguous brief to delivered result, including standing up new functions from zero and running them until handoff.
Multiply the output of our engineering and technical leadership by removing blockers, handling logistics, and coordinating deployment and infrastructure tests.
Support complex equity and project financing transactions alongside the founders, owning the workstreams they hand you.
Help hire the team from junior roles to executives, and shape the culture the company scales with.
Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty and run operational topics independently so the rest of the team stays focused on the project.
Troubleshoot the problems each day brings, from finding a last-minute replacement supplier to driving to our West Texas site to resolve a contractor issue on the ground.