IndustrialMind.ai · 5 months ago
Founding Engineer Manufacturing AI
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expIndustrialMind.ai is an early-stage industrial AI startup founded by former Tesla manufacturing AI experts. They are seeking a Founding Product Manager to translate complex manufacturing challenges into structured AI product specifications and lead cross-functional teams in developing innovative solutions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine Learning
Hiring Manager
Zhitao(Steven) Gao
Responsibilities
Translating messy real-world pain points into structured AI product specs
Writing PRDs and sketching UX flows that engineers and customers love
Leading cross-functional sprints with design, data, and software teams
Interviewing users on shop floors and distilling insights into iterations
Supporting pre-sales and helping customers go live and stay happy
Keeping an eye on the competitive landscape and emerging industrial AI trends
Qualification
Required
3+ years shipping products in the industrial stack (Industrial AI, MES, WMS, SCADA, IoT, ERP, etc.)
Strong understanding of real manufacturing processes (bonus if electrical equipment or auto parts)
Experience in building AI/ML applications, especially LLM-based applications
Prior exposure to AI/ML concepts in operations (e.g. predictive maintenance, statistical modeling, LLM applications)
UI/UX intuition and ability to sketch wireframes or flows
Comfortable bridging engineering and customer success
Preferred
Direct sales / customer-facing experience
Startup or 0-to-1 product building experience
Writing or thought leadership in industrial/AI topics
Company
IndustrialMind.ai
IndustrialMind.ai brings manufacturing intelligence to every factory.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$1.2MKey Investors
Antler
2025-10-30Pre Seed· $1.2M
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