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Strategy & Operations, Founder's Office

Laminar

Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 29 September 2026 (5 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 27 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Machines learned to understand language. Were teaching them to understand matter.

Forty percent of global manufacturing happens through physical and chemical processes inside pipes tanks and reactors. Despite decades of industrial automation much of what happens inside them remains remarkably invisible. Manufacturing is the most ubiquitous and foundational sector in global economy yet the way factories are fundamentally run have used the same control philosophies manual operations and legacy software for the past 60 years.

Laminar deploys state-of-the-art patented sensors and edge hardware directly into live production environments generating data that didnt previously exist to build foundation models deployed in factory floors that understand chemistry composition quality and material state in real time. We use that understanding to run autonomy and rethink how things are made.

The last generation of industrial automation taught machines to execute instructions reliably. The next will teach them to understand the processes they control and run autonomously adaptively and agentically: higher quality safety more efficiently sustainably and productively.

That future is already taking shape. Today Laminar works with 7 of the worlds 10 largest food and beverage manufacturers and operates across hundreds of factories globally across six continents. Our systems have materially reduced waste cut manufacturing downtime saved water chemicals energy and helped prevent safety and quality failures. Our technology has gained international recognition from being selected as a 2026 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Gold 2026 Edison Award Unilever Startup of the Year to Innovator Awards by both Coca-Cola and AB InBev and more.

We are backed by tier-one investors in physical AI to make intelligent self-improving production the new standard for industry.

Join us to build what makes matter intelligible and the intelligible controllable.

The Role

Work directly with Laminars founders to decide where we invest and build the capabilities that take us toward $100M in revenue. Youll combine financial judgment with hands-on execution taking important initiatives from an initial idea to a functioning part of the business.

What You Will Own

Turn company priorities into operating plans budgets and hiring decisions grounded in deployment economics
Build and launch strategic initiatives from an expert-advisory offering to new markets and partnerships
Develop financial models and performance reporting that guide resource allocation
Partner with the founders on fundraising strategy investor materials and diligence
Recruit initial teams and lead initiatives until they have a permanent owner

What Youll Bring

Experience in startup operations consulting finance or investing with evidence that youve built something and made it work. Youre analytically strong comfortable working across technical and commercial teams and willing to take responsibility through execution.

Your opportunity

Build a broad operating mandate with room to lead a function or business as Laminar grows.

Benefits

Direct impact on product and culture.
Comprehensive benefits package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance Disability Transportation benefit Health and Wellness benefit and more.
401k plan with employer matching
Equity
Competitive salary and bonus opportunities.
Dynamic and inclusive work environment.
Opportunities for growth and professional development.
Access to Greentown Labs extensive network of cleantech startups.
Transportation benefit for your commute
A team that celebrates together from rooftop lunches ping pong matches Lunch & Learns and regular team events

Learn How We Think

Learn about our startup journey:Our Journey
How were combating climate change:AI-Powered Climate Tech
Customer story: Unilever uses Laminar precision automation to cut time & water usage

There are many easier places to work on AI. Laminar is for people who want the hardest version of their discipline. Models here must survive contact with physics. Hardware must survive years of continuous industrial operation. Software must integrate with machinery built decades ago. Everything we build ultimately has to work on a factory floor.

We believe exceptional people should be given exceptional amounts of ownership. At Laminar you will have the context to form your own view the permission to challenge ours and the resources to pursue the right answers whatever technical or organizational boundaries stand in the way. There are few layers between identifying something important and changing it.

Were fortunate to work with a small polymathic team of hardware and software engineers chemists AI researchers factory operators and go-to-market wizardswho are unusually capable curious rigorous ambitious and low-ego. If that sounds like you wed love to meet you.

Our Interview Process

1. Phone screen with Laminar Head of Ops or Recruiter (15-20 minutes)

2. Intro call with Hiring Manager (30 minutes)

3. On-site interview overview of tech and interview/presentation with the Hiring Manager and a few team members. Depending on the role a skills exercise that should take no longer than an hour to prep would be sent ahead of time. We record your skills exercise to share with any team members who could not join the interview and/or with Founders ahead of their Founders Interview. If you are not local we can conduct this virtually.

4. Finalists for Full-Time positions will have a Founders Interview in-person

Final steps:

Two professional references are requested ideally one from your current organization and one who served as your Manager

If an Offer Letter is extended a Background check is conducted

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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Founder

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