Business Operations and Special Projects

Mind Robotics is building the full-stack platform for AI-enabled industrial robotics, the foundation models, purpose-built hardware, and deployment infrastructure to automate the manufacturing work that has resisted automation for decades. We were founded by RJ Scaringe in 2025, with $615M raised from Eclipse, Accel, and Andreessen Horowitz, and a strategic partnership with Rivian. Our first robots go into Rivian's plant this year. The scale of what we're building from there is large.

We keep the team small and we keep the bar high. The people who thrive here are the ones who can figure out what needs to exist, build it, and move on to the next thing - without waiting to be told what that is.

BizOps at Mind Robotics is not a support function. It's how the company solves the problems that don't belong to any single team yet, and makes sure the operational infrastructure keeps pace with how fast we're growing.

You'll work directly with the Head of Strategy & BizOps, flexing into whatever is highest priority across domains. One month that might be the financial model behind a major vendor decision, the next it's standing up a new function from scratch or the market analysis that shapes where we expand next. You'll move fluidly from high-level strategy to the nitty-gritty blocking and tackling of actually building things, often in the same week. The expectation is that you'll figure out what needs to happen and make it happen, with minimal direction and a high bar for output.

This is a role for someone who has seen how excellent strategy and operations work gets done at a high-caliber organization, and is ready to apply that rigor in an environment where the stakes are real and the playbook doesn't exist yet.

The projects will vary (by design). Some examples of the kind of work you'd own:

• Standing up new functions and operational areas: identifying what the business needs next and building the structure, process, and tooling from scratch

• Financial modeling and analysis: scenario planning, headcount modeling, unit economics, and the quantitative foundation behind major decisions

• Cross-functional problem-solving: the high-priority work that spans hardware, software, and data teams and needs someone with a higher-level lens to drive it to resolution

• Strategic research and analysis: market landscape, competitive benchmarking, synthesizing data into clear recommendations that inform where we go next

• Operational buildout: vendor selection, policy frameworks, systems decisions that don't fit neatly into any one team's scope
  

Background

• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a high-intensity BizOps or strategy role at a tech or hardware company. Recent MBA graduates or candidates graduating summer 2026 welcome; equally interested in candidates who went straight into the work.

• Strong analytical toolkit: you can build a model, structure an ambiguous problem, and translate the output into a clear recommendation.

• Excellent written communication: you write clearly, concisely, and without jargon. You can convey complicated, ambiguous topics in simple, persuasive terms for teammates, cross-functional partners, and leadership.

What Sets You Apart

• You default to figuring things out, not waiting to be told how. You flex into different domains based on what the business needs, not what's comfortable.

• You're comfortable operating with incomplete information and you know when to move and when to ask.

• You have genuine intellectual curiosity about how businesses and systems work -- and a specific interest in physical AI, robotics, or hardware-software systems.

• You don't need structure to be productive and you don't create bureaucracy to feel busy.

• You can go from high-level strategy to the nitty-gritty blocking and tackling of actually building things, and you don't consider either beneath you.