--- title: 'Entrepreneur in Residence at Atira' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/entrepreneur-in-residence-atira-munich-kzvkmedaeb88' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-04' --- # Entrepreneur in Residence at Atira - **Company:** Atira - **Location:** Munich, Germany - **Employment:** internship - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-06-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/atira/5674a464-f041-4cc2-b1b7-a8fddda006df ## Job description ## ABOUT ATIRA Atira builds the commercial brain for industrials. Our agents 10x the sales engineers of today by offering the complete toolbox of tasks needed in complex environments. They handle everything from extracting and classifying requirements from incoming RFQs, orchestrating communication and information retrieval across multiple stakeholders and systems, while generating outcomes like documentation, production system inputs, or configuration recommendations. CRM. Atira. ERP. We are one of the fastest growing teams in Munich and are looking for you to join us! WHY THIS ROLE IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR We deliberately design this internship program as open and variable as possible. If you're drawn to building across functions like Sales, Growth, Strategy, or Operations, you'll fit. You apply once, and we figure out together where you can do the most damage while you're here. Many internships hand you a narrow job, we give you the freedom to do what you want to do. This role bends to your strengths. If you are the kind of person who, given a problem nobody has solved yet, starts moving instead of waiting for a brief, this is for you. From day one you own real problems that move the numbers we care about this quarter, not tasks someone hands down to you. ## WHAT YOU WILL DO It depends on whats Prio. The kinds of things our EiRs take on: - GTM & Business Development. Build outbound motions from scratch, run experiments and report what worked, organize fairs/events, sit in on customer calls, and turn what you hear into the next campaign - Strategy & Operations. Scale Atira and build 0 to 1 across many fronts: internal processes, branding, and the questions the founders haven't had time to answer yet - People & Talent. Own a slice of how we find and assess the people who will define Atira. Source candidates for an open role, organize events, own branding and connect us into the ecosystem We move fast and value adaptability. None of these specializations are set in stone and nobody knows where your passions and strengths cross better than you. The constant across all of these: you get handed an ambiguous problem, you build the staircase yourself, and you own the outcome including the parts that don't work. ## WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR We care more about your intrinsic motivation and the urge to solve problems than we care about your current year or major. - You build staircases. When the path forward isn't obvious, you figure out the first few concrete steps and start, instead of waiting for someone to make the plan - You've owned something real. A company or project you started, a leading role in a student initiative, a side build that shipped, or a job where you owned an outcome others would have delegated - You're intellectually honest. You say "I don't know" instead of bluffing, and you flag what's actually going on before someone has to ask - Full working proficiency in German and English - You can commit to at least three months full-time, on-site in Munich We don't care whether you call yourself a generalist with one real spike or a specialist with unusual range. We care that you saw yourself somewhere in the lines above. ## WHAT YOU'LL GET - Real ownership from week one. You own problems, not tasks, and your work ships - Proximity to the people building the company. You work directly with the founders and an early team that has built and sold AI systems in industrial enterprises before - A fast read on where you're strong. this program is designed to find your edge - Competitive compensation - A high-performing but caring culture. We hold a high bar and treat each other well while clearing it ## WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE BY THE END - You owned at least one problem end-to-end that moved a real number for the team - People stopped checking your work because they trusted it - You leave knowing where your edge is, and we'd take you back full-time without thinking twice ## HOW IT WORKS Apply with your CV and two or three lines on a problem you owned and what came of it. No cover letter needed. Three steps: a first call with one of us to get to know each other, a short case rooted in a real Atira problem, and a final conversation with a founder. We aim to go from application to decision in about two weeks. If this sounds like you, apply. If you're not sure you fit but can't stop thinking about it, apply anyway and tell us why. ## About Atira ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Atira develops AI agents that automate the intake and processing of complex technical inquiries and requirement specifications for sales engineering workflows in manufacturing. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/Unfunded) - **Headquarters**: Munich (Gräfelfing), Germany - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Florian Diegruber (Co-Founder & CEO) and August DuMont Schütte (Co-Founder & CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI-powered Sales Engineering Software (Configure-Price-Quote / CPQ) for industrial manufacturing - **Target customers**: B2B; specifically engineering organizations and manufacturers operating in the "Configure-to-Order" space with high custom solution ratios (e.g., modular machine builders, plant manufacturers) - **Mission**: To build a global software champion that gives sales and mechanical engineers an AI-first upgrade, ensuring the best machinery products are quoted and sold efficiently. The company believes Munich will become the central hub for software engineers applying their skills to hardware challenges. ## Products & Services - **Extract into Structured Content**: Instantly converts complex RFQs and heavyweight technical documents into organized requirements, ready for downstream workflows. - **Auto-Suggest Commentary**: Automatically detects technical contradictions and generates expert commentary for every requirement by cross-referencing inquiries against product constraints and historic project data. - **Capture Internal Know-How**: Transforms archived documentation into a self-organizing knowledge base that lets teams search and retrieve engineering solutions instantly. - **Optimize Technical Solutions**: Processes complex CPQ & ERP rule engines to apply deterministic approaches to the classification of processed requirements. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (bootstrapped, no funding rounds raised) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding — None raised (bootstrapped as of June 2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Advisory board includes Dr. Markus Flik (Chair LMT Group; Board Trumpf, Festo, Hittech), Eberhard Weiblen (CEO Porsche Consulting), Christian Beedgen (Founder, ex-CTO Sumo Logic), Michael Wax (Founder, ex-CEO Forto), Dr. Leopold von Schlenk-Barn, Khushnud Irani (CEO InfoKrafts, ex-CIO LafargeHolcim), Christof Wahl (Founder & Investor, ex-CDO ProSiebenSat.1) - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew from 9 to 14 employees between May and June 2026 (+55%); monthly web traffic growth of +23.6%; featured at Atoms & Bits 2026 in Munich; actively hiring across engineering and forward-deployed roles. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in AI for industrial sales engineering**: Atira is building the world's first AI sales workforce specifically for complex inbound processes in manufacturing, a niche largely ignored by legacy CPQ vendors. - **Deep domain focus**: The platform is pre-trained on industry-specific engineering data (RFQs, technical specs, product constraints) rather than being a generic document parser, creating a significant moat. - **Integration with existing enterprise systems**: Works with PLM, CRM, and ERP systems, reducing friction for adoption in traditional manufacturing environments. - **Strong advisory board**: Backed by heavyweights from Porsche Consulting, Trumpf, Festo, Sumo Logic, and Forto, lending credibility and industry access. ## Strategic Focus - **Product-led growth**: Building a suite of specialized AI "department agents" that can be personalized for complex inbound processes, starting with sales engineering and expanding to procurement and other functions. - **Talent density**: Prioritizing a small, high-ownership team with above-market compensation and equity to attract top-tier AI and engineering talent. - **Munich as a hub**: Actively positioning Munich as the central hub for applying cutting-edge AI to hardware and industrial challenges. - **Bootstrapped discipline**: Operating without external funding, which forces a focus on product-market fit and sustainable unit economics from day one. ## Why Work Here - **High ownership, small team**: With only ~14 employees, new hires will have outsized impact and responsibility from day one. - **Cutting-edge tech stack**: The company emphasizes using the most advanced AI tooling available, offering engineers the chance to work on frontier AI applied to real-world hardware problems. - **Above-market compensation**: The company explicitly offers above-market salary and equity, unusual for a bootstrapped startup. - **Munich location**: Based in Munich's high-tech landscape, bridging industrial excellence with frontier AI. - **Engineering culture**: Built by engineers for engineers; the team is 50% technical, with a flat structure and high autonomy. - **Hybrid/remote flexibility**: The company has a presence in Munich and Switzerland, and recent hires include a Forward Deployed Engineer from Vienna, suggesting flexibility for the right candidates. - **Small team, big impact**: With only 14 people, every hire directly shapes the product and company trajectory. ## Sources 1. [atira.ai](https://atira.ai/) 2. [atira.ai/about-us](https://atira.ai/about-us) 3. [LinkedIn - Atira](https://de.linkedin.com/company/atira-ai) 4. [atira.ai/products](https://atira.ai/products) 5. 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