Founder Associate

Founder Associate ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ £28,000 – £35,000 • 0.02% – 0.3%

🎯 Our Mission 1/3 of food is wasted, but why? Most food is still good to eat or cook at the expiry date, because the use-by dates are chosen to cover a worst-case scenario. They’re great for quality and safety, but cause £bns of waste. This decade, food will tell you how fresh it is, and the world will stop wasting food because of a fixed printed date. We replace use-by dates and shelf-life testing with sensors that measure spoilage gas, and AI that predicts the remaining days of freshness. We invented this technology as scientists from Imperial College London, and we're using it to improve the whole supply chain, from food producers to households, and reduce the unbelievable amounts of waste caused by the 50-year-old system of destructive testing and printed expiry dates. We are signing sales contracts with enterprise customers across Europe and North America, changing regulations and industry guidance as we go. Do you want to join BlakBear as we become the food industry standard?

💼 The Role We're looking for a sharp, curious, and ambitious Founder Associate to join our team. You'll work directly with the CEO and CTO across software product development and hardware R&D. On the product side, you'll build internal tools and customer-facing software, and contribute to how we communicate and present our technology visually. On the hardware side, you'll design experiments, test sensors, write firmware, and solve real-world R&D challenges. You'll take on real responsibility early and grow into areas that match your strengths. This is a rare opportunity to learn by doing at the intersection of deep tech and product - and if you want to grow into technical leadership (or eventually start something yourself), this is the kind of role that accelerates that.