Founders Associate, VC-backed startup (German-speaking)

About BoWatt

BoWatt is building agentic requirements and system engineering software for manufacturing. We believe AI will reach PhD-level engineering capability within the next 10 years. This will unlock massive value across several complex manufacturing industries. Cars. Planes. Rockets. Factories. Chips. Medical devices. All will be engineered with agents.

We bootstrapped BoWatt to €500k+ ARR before raising our first round. BoWatt is backed by tier-1 investors, including Atlantic Foodlabs, Buildery (CDTM affiliates), and Prequel Ventures, along with angels from Cohere and Luminovo.

You’ll join a small, exceptional team of startup builders, driven by innovation and execution. Over half the team are former founders across DeepTech AI, psychedelics, and gaming. We’ve studied and worked at top institutions and companies like Stanford, TUM, Google, EA, and YC-backed AI startups.

The role

Act as an extension of our Founder, Steven. Work closely with him to drive the growth and development of BoWatt. You'll identify opportunities, take ownership, and turn ideas into execution.

• Grow revenue with us. You'll get involved in the GTM function, from generating pipeline and creating sales materials to running webinars and supporting customer conversations.
• Define hiring needs, improve recruiting processes, and do hands-on recruiting.
• Help build the foundation of the company by organising team events, improving internal processes, and keeping operations running efficiently.
• Assist with stakeholder management and investor relations including the preparation of board and management-level presentations, reports, and analyses for internal and external stakeholders.

You

• You are entrepreneurial, hands-on, resilient and not afraid of getting your hands dirty
• You write clearly, speak confidently, and know how to get to the point
• You are comfortable working with numbers and operational detail
• You want impact and ownership in an early-stage company
• You are a self-motived, high-energy, team player

Requirements

• Prior experience in a startup, VC, sales, consulting or banking internship
• We are looking for high-potential generalists with strong execution ability
• 4 days per week in the office in Munich (Meta Office, Balanstraße)
• Fluent German required; English is our internal working language
• Prior experience in manufacturing is a bonus

What we offer

• Competitive salary based on experience
• 25 vacation days/per yr + plus public holidays
• Company retreats
• WellPass membership

Interview process

• 30min Screening call (Nat or Malte)
• 1.5hr Sales Interview (CEO + team member)
• 1hr Culture fit interview (CEO + CPO)
• Offer and reference checks

We aim to complete the interview process within 14 days.