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.
Founding Tech Lead at Founders Factory Ltd
Founders Factory Ltd is looking for a Founding Tech Lead to build Tricorder, the operating system for healthcare beyond the hospital. This unique role sits at the intersection of defense and health-tech, creating rugged clinical infrastructure for remote environments where connectivity and power are unreliable. Backed by a major European industrial partner and pre-seed investment, you will join as a co-founder with significant equity. If you have experience shipping regulated hardware and software in high-trust domains like MedTech or Defense and are ready to lead from prototype to scale, this is your chance to build something that truly matters.
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Location
Bristol, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed + Equity
Company
Founders Factory Ltd
Role overview
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Founders Factory is a venture builder, early-stage investor, and corporate innovation partner headquartered in London. Founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, the company builds and funds startups in partnership with leading global corporations. Through its Venture Studio and Accelerator programs, Founders Factory co-founds businesses from inception, provides operational and strategic support, and invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups. The company focuses on sectors including fintech, Health, Climate, and Deep Tech, supporting a portfolio of over 400 startups worldwide. Its international hubs include London, New York, Berlin, Milan, Singapore, Johannesburg, Bratislava, Perth, and Grand Bahama. Founders Factory leverages capital, a network of 60+ in-house operators, and access to corporate partners to help entrepreneurs turn ideas into high-growth ventures.
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.
Who this is a fit for
- 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.
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.
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