About The Engine

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and public benefit organization, The Engine supports Tough Tech founders working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges in climate, health, and advanced systems. We do this through powerful founder programs, access to shared infrastructure and labs, and by convening a national network of corporate partners, investors, and experts.

About The Builder Platform

In September 2023, the National Science Foundation selected The Engine to stand up The Builder Platform (TBP) to be a model for post-award support, catalyze commercialization of groundbreaking scientific and technological advancements, and spur regional economic development across two cohorts of NSF Regional Innovation Engine (NSF Engine) awardees. The Builder Platform is a human-centered network that exists to support awardee regions in capitalizing on this high-impact investment, deploying consultative, programmatic, and community support across key stakeholders in their ecosystems.

Bringing together the brightest minds in Tough Tech, The Builder Platform connects regional ecosystem builders to the capital, partners, tools and support they need to scale.

Our tailored support is fueling the growth of ecosystems supported by the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program - a flagship initiative that is driving regional innovation across the country.

The Builder Platform amplifies NSF's investments in regional innovation ecosystems, providing:

• Peer learning environments,

• Private sector network connections,

• Full lifecycle support from early R&D to full-scale technology deployment in critical technology sectors.

The Builder Platform helps teams navigate microvalleys, reducing friction between stages, and accelerating the translation of breakthrough technologies.

Learn more about The Builder Platform and the NSF Regional Innovation Engines we serve at builderplatform.engine.xyz.

About the Role

We are seeking a relationship-driven “Navigator” who also builds programs and capital connections for NSF Engines. Based at The Engine, this role serves as Navigator for multiple Cohort 2 NSF Engines, co-leads TBP's translation programming with responsibility for curriculum development/customization and delivery, and builds the NSF Engines Network of Networks for investment and capital. Its audience is the NSF Engines: their R&D and translation leads, ecosystem builders, and the PIs and researchers in their regions. Being based at The Engine lets this role partner directly with The Engine's team and bring its programs, investor network, and expertise to the NSF Engines.

Reports to: Executive Director, The Builder Platform