Mentor | Robotics and Manufacturing

C10 Labs is hiring a Mentor | Robotics and Manufacturing for a remote role open to applicants in United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on C10 Labs.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
This is listed as a remote role.
The posting mentions computer vision, robotics and manufacturing among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
C10 Labs has 21 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Advise early-stage founders building companies in robotics, automation, and AI-enabled physical systems as a mentor.

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About AI Nexus NYC
AI Nexus NYC brings together founders, technologists, researchers, industry leaders, and investors to build and scale AI-enabled companies in New York City. The program supports entrepreneurs through mentorship, technical expertise, industry partnerships, and access to a broader innovation network.

Position Summary
AI Nexus NYC is seeking experienced mentors to advise founders building companies across robotics, advanced manufacturing, industrial automation, supply chain technology, computer vision, and intelligent physical systems.

Mentors will help founders translate technical innovation into commercially viable products. They will provide guidance on product development, hardware and software integration, manufacturing strategy, customer discovery, enterprise sales, financing, and company growth.

What You Will Do

• Advise participating founders through individual and group mentoring sessions.
• Help teams refine their business models, product roadmaps, and commercialization strategies.
• Provide guidance on robotics, automation, manufacturing operations, and industrial customer needs.
• Support founders with prototype development, technical validation, pilot design, and deployment planning.
• Advise on hardware development, supply chains, manufacturing partners, quality systems, and unit economics when relevant.
• Help founders navigate enterprise procurement, systems integration, safety requirements, and long sales cycles.
• Support fundraising preparation, strategic partnerships, and investor diligence.
• Participate in program events, workshops, office hours, and company reviews.
• Provide candid, constructive, and actionable feedback.

What We Are Looking For

• Significant leadership or operating experience in robotics, manufacturing, industrial automation, hardware, logistics, supply chain technology, or a related field.
• Experience as a founder, executive, investor, engineer, researcher, product leader, or manufacturing operator.
• Strong understanding of AI applications in robotics and industrial environments.
• Experience advising, mentoring, investing in, or supporting early-stage companies.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
• Understanding of the technical, operational, and commercial challenges involved in bringing physical products to market.

Preferred Experience• Experience with autonomous systems, industrial robotics, computer vision, digital twins, predictive maintenance, warehouse automation, or advanced manufacturing.
• Familiarity with hardware development, contract manufacturing, supply chain management, safety, certification, or enterprise deployment.
• An established network across New York’s robotics, manufacturing, investment, research, or startup ecosystem.

Engagement
This is a part-time mentor appointment. Time commitments will vary based on program needs and mentor availability. Mentors may participate through scheduled office hours, workshops, company reviews, and individual advisory sessions.

How we rate this

Mentor | Robotics and Manufacturing at C10 Labs rates 50 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Mentor | Robotics and Manufacturing is an open job at C10 Labs.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The role is based in New York City, New York and is marked remote.
The job was posted on September 25, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by C10 Labs. Apply on C10 Labs

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Computer visionRoboticsManufacturingAutomationMentoring

Questions you could be asked

Walk me through a computer vision problem you solved, from raw data to a deployed model.
Tell me about a project where robotics was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where manufacturing was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where mentoring was part of your work. What did you do?

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List these exact terms on your resume: Computer vision, Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation, and Mentoring. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.

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