Founding Tech Lead AT Founders Factory LTD

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Founding Tech Lead (Dual Use Defence & Health-tech) Salary Not Disclosed + Equity Company Description Founders Factory Ltd is a prominent London-based venture studio that provides pre-seed investment and hands-on support from a dedicated studio team to build category-defining startups. In collaboration with a major European industrial partner, they are launching Tricorder to revolutionize clinical infrastructure in remote and contested environments.

As the founding Tech Lead for Tricorder at Founders Factory Ltd, you will build the "operating system for healthcare beyond the hospital." You will lead the development of a rugged, self-contained hardware and software platform for clinical data in remote, contested environments, working alongside the CEO to transform an early concept into a fundable product. Location Bristol/London, UK Why this role is remarkable

• Build the future of decentralized healthcare with a venture that has already secured a major European industrial partner for R&D, hardware, and sandbox testing.
• Join as a genuine co-founder with significant equity and six months of intensive support from the Founders Factory Ltd studio team specializing in product and growth.
• Solve mission-critical problems at the intersection of health-tech and defense, creating resilient systems that function in high-stakes environments without reliable power or connectivity. What You Will Do
• Take end-to-end responsibility for system integration, managing sensing, edge computing, and resilient data synchronization layers to complete a deployable clinical OS.
• Architect and build functional hardware-software prototypes for clinical pilots, ensuring systems remain operational under intermittent connectivity and severe power constraints.
• Lead the technical roadmap and regulatory strategy, ensuring compliance with medical device standards while recruiting the initial engineering team to scale the company. The ideal candidate
• Proven track record of shipping complex products that span both physical hardware (embedded systems or sensors) and the software environments that support them.
• Deep expertise in building for regulated, high-trust domains such as health-tech, medical devices, or defense, including familiarity with clinical safety or quality management frameworks.
• Entrepreneurial founder wiring with the pragmatism to move at pre-seed pace and the willingness to undergo UK government security vetting for national-security-adjacent work. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work?
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