About Tempo Innovations, Inc.

Based in San Diego, California, Tempo develops thermochemical energy storage (TCES) systems designed for energy-intensive industries. The platform enables industrial operators to shift energy use over time by sourcing power when it is most cost-effective and enables the electrification of high-temperature industrial heat at a cost advantage to using fossil fuels. By storing electricity thermochemically, the system delivers a continuous stream of combustion-free, high-temperature air at up to 1,200°C.

Tempo is backed by leading climate and energy investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Prelude Ventures.

For more information, visit www.tempoenergy.com.

Job Description

Tempo is seeking a hands-on Materials Process Technician to support materials development, testing, and pilot-scale production for high-temperature energy storage systems. This role is suited for candidates with practical laboratory or manufacturing experience (e.g., pharma, ceramics, refractory, chemical processing, or similar industries) who can operate equipment, execute test plans, and support materials processing activities. This is a high-ownership, execution-focused role. Candidates must demonstrate hands-on capability through a practical skills assessment as part of the hiring process.

Requirements

• 2–5+ years of hands-on experience in a laboratory or manufacturing environment 
• Experience working with lab equipment and material processing 
• Ability to follow technical procedures and maintain accurate records 
• Strong attention to detail and reliability 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with lab instruments such as TGA, SEM, dilatometer, PSA, pycnometer 
• Experience with powder handling or ceramic processing
• Familiarity with high-temperature furnaces

Job Status and Compensation Range

Temp to Full-Time Hire (30-day temp period with an assessment at the end of the 30 days to evaluate full-time offer)

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $24/hour to $26/hour + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, location, and relevant education or training. 

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity or benefits.

Tempo is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to employing a diverse workforce, including, but not limited to, minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Senior Security Engineer

Our Engineering Standards at Karbon:

Balance Speed and Quality

Engineers are expected to balance delivery speed with a strong commitment to quality, meeting agreed timelines while producing reliable, maintainable, and well-tested solutions. Sound judgment in making trade-offs between velocity and long-term sustainability is essential.

Collaborate Effectively

Engineering is collaborative by default. Team members are expected to contribute constructively in design discussions, reviews, and planning, communicate clearly about progress and risks, and support shared team outcomes in both hybrid and distributed environments.

Build and Maintain Systems

Engineers are responsible for building new capabilities while maintaining and improving existing systems. This includes designing scalable solutions, reducing technical debt, supporting operational stability, and contributing to continuous improvement.

Operate with Autonomy

A high degree of autonomy is expected. Given clear objectives, engineers should independently translate problems into actionable technical approaches, proactively identify improvements, and continuously expand relevant technical expertise.

Ownership and Accountability

Ownership is fundamental. Engineers are accountable for the quality, performance, and customer impact of their work from design through post-release support, and are expected to follow through on commitments.

AI-Enabled Engineering

AI is reshaping how software is built, and we are committed to leveraging it as a force multiplier for creativity, impact, and capability. Engineers are expected to confidently apply strong technical fundamentals while embracing AI tools and approaches to enhance productivity, problem-solving, and innovation. Curiosity, adaptability, and enthusiasm for integrating AI into meaningful product development are essential.

Contribute to Team Culture

Engineers contribute positively to a culture of professionalism, transparency, low bureaucracy, and mutual respect, strengthening team performance through authenticity, curiosity, and collaboration.

About the Role! 

Seeking a development & cloud focused Senior Security Engineer to join our expanding security team.

The ideal candidate will have passion for AppSec, Cloud and AI. They will be a skilled communicator and relationship builder capable of promoting and building security practices across the organization and into our development processes.

AI is reshaping practices across the board and at Karbon we’re fully committed. We don’t see AI as a replacement but as a force multiplier. We’re looking for Security Engineers who are confident in network & security fundamentals, driven to grow, and excited by the challenges and opportunities AI brings.

What You’ll Own:

• Partner with different areas within Karbon - You will make sure security is embedded from the start from feature design and development to participating in design reviews and threat modelling.
• Balance Security and Delivery - You know how to balance delivery needs with security and can communicate security risks and issues to non technical stakeholders. You understand when it's important to push back, when to compromise and how to work with delivery teams to reach a great outcome.
• You keep up to date on the latest technologies and approaches - You are excited by the new developments such as AI bring to security but also understand the importance of security foundational practices such as good account hygiene, least privilege, attack surface reduction and MFA.
• Identify and assess security risks introduced by AI tools - You’ll assist with reviewing the risks of AI tooling usage & Integration and AI-generated code.
• Apply AI-assisted tooling to accelerate security work - you understand the impact AI can have and utilize it across many areas including triage, threat detection, code review, and documentation.
• Flexibility and confidence to work across multiple security domains - We’re a small team responsible for Security at a fast moving company and you’ll get exposure to many different security domains; you could be assisting with refining and investigating corporate IT security processes in the morning, reviewing a cloud hosted system after lunch and then tweaking detection rules!
• Work effectively as part of a team - Security is a team sport and you understand the need to build relationships and trust across the organization to enhance Karbon’s security posture. You are happy to answer questions and offer advice to teams that will reach out for your assistance.
• Own your work - You take pride in your work, feeling a deep sense of responsibility for the products we develop and ensuring we keep our customers' valuable data secure. This sense of ownership is paramount, and you share this commitment.
• Bring your passion and personality - Your creativity, curiosity, and authentic self make the team stronger. If you've worked in highly political environments, you'll find our culture, free from office politics and valuing openness and authenticity, a refreshing change.
• Help us measure improvement and steer our roadmap - Contribute to Security Metrics so we can track progress and feedback into our roadmap.

What Sets You Apart

4+ years experience in a security or development role across most of the following:

• Collaborating with teams to review designs & implementations for security issues and embedding good security practices across software development
• Triaging issues and reports, assisting teams to remedy items and testing fixes
• Working with external penetration test companies to validate and prioritize findings
• Conducting risk and vulnerability assessments of web applications and APIs and third party suppliers and integrations
• Configuring and tuning SAST, SCA and DAST Tooling
• Working with build/deployment pipelines to incorporate security tooling (Github Actions or Azure Devops YAML based pipelines)
• Assisting with implementing security focused alerting and detections and automations
• Conducting and facilitating organizational & developer focused security training
• Assisting with operational security items such as EDR alerts and MDM
• Contributing to our security roadmap

In addition you’ll need:

• Strong communication skills (spoken and written) 
• Some of the following Languages/Frameworks: Microsoft .NET/C#, JavaScript (we use React and EmberJS frameworks and, Python)
• At least one cloud platform: Azure, AWS or GCP (we use Azure predominantly)
• Working knowledge of PowerShell or Bash and Python
• Working knowledge of at least one AI development tool e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Co-Pilot etc
• Portswigger Burp or similar
• Certifications such as Offsec OSCP & AWAE, GIAC, Burp Practitioner, PJPT, Microsoft/AWS development and cloud related are nice to have
• Experience with securing AI applications, systems and AI tooling would be highly regarded

Why Work at Karbon?

• Gain global experience across Australia, New Zealand, UK, and Canada
• Strong benefits package including:
• Flexible Time Off with an encouraged 4 weeks use per year
• Company paid medical for you and eligible spouse/partner and dependents
• Paid dental and vision and eligible spouse/partner and dependents
• 401(k) with company matching
• Flexible Spending Account
• Up to 8 weeks paid parental leave
• Work-from-home stipend
• Work with (and learn from) an experienced, high-performing team
• A collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity, invests in development and provides consistent feedback
• Be part of a fast-growing company that firmly believes in promoting high performers from within

Brain Corp is a San Diego, California, USA-based AI company creating transformative core technology for the robotics industry. Our purpose is to create autonomous technology that helps the real world work better. Brain's robotic and AI solutions help retailers ensure that the right product is on the right shelf at the right price, in a clean environment. Through the BrainOS® Robotics Platform, which powers the largest global fleet of the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in operation in commercial public spaces, Brain Corp delivers insightful and efficient automated solutions in both commercial floor cleaning and inventory management, empowering organizations and their employees to achieve more. Brain Corp currently powers more than 30,000 AMRs, representing the largest fleet of its kind in the world. Brain Corp is funded by the SoftBank Vision Fund, Clearbridge, and Qualcomm Ventures.

Position Overview: 

As a member of the Customer Engineering team, the Software Engineer will be working on pilots of a newly launched product and will help to solve complex problems in the retail automation space. The performance of our detections and recognitions is foundation to the value we deliver to our customers. As a core member of our engineering team, you will work with our world-class team of engineers and scientists to build and apply the BrainOS platform for the next generation of intelligent machines.  Your experience will be pivotal in advancing our mission of making the real world work better.

Essential Job Functions:

• Build and review performance metrics and dashboards of the production and/or pilot fleet as a key indicator of customer experience, and product performance
• Analyze trends and identify recommendations in product performance for improvements in our model training pipeline and operations
• Develop code and deliver software features/functionality that increases customer value and product scalability
• Increase the agility/ software release frequency of the team and organization through code refactoring, simplification, and removal
• Coordinate with cross-functional areas of expertise including hardware, firmware, platform, user experience, quality, cloud, autonomy and Applied ML engineering to deliver world-class customer value
• Remain up to date with developments across platform, AI, autonomy, navigation, and other robots, in order to leverage and contribute towards software innovation across all products

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
• 0-2 years of demonstrated experience in software development 

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics:

• Experience writing C++ (11+) and/or Python applications for embedded systems
• Experience building and evaluating computer vision models for object detection and recognition
• Solid understanding of design patterns, data structures, and advanced programming techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in a multiple internal and external stakeholder environment
• Strong analytical skills that enable data-driven decisions and prioritization
• Experience with soft real-time and multi-threaded systems

Things that Make a Difference:

• Experience designing and developing robotic systems using robotics frameworks, including ROS, and existing libraries and tools
• Experience with path planning, AI algorithms, navigation algorithms, or robot behavior systems
• Experience with continuous integration, deployment and release management tools
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodology
• Desire to constantly learn, receive and act on feedback, and share knowledge

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employees are exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.

Salary Range and Benefits:

The anticipated salary for candidates who will work in San Diego, California is $123,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Brain Corp is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:

• A discretionary annual target bonus
• Stock options
• 401(k) plan with match (no waiting period and immediate vesting)
• Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
• Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Generous paid time off including flexible vacation, Paid Sick Leave, time off for volunteering in the community, 10 paid company holidays, and a winter company shutdown

Additional Perks include:

• Daily on-site lunch available in the San Diego office
• On-campus gym including pool and tennis courts in the San Diego office
• Opportunities to connect with colleagues including monthly game nights, hikes, wellness challenges, and community events 
• Internal continuous learning events 
• Opportunities to share your own interests and hobbies with the Company