Document {{ doc_ref | default: "NWR-EMP-2026-0417" }}
{{ doc_class | default: "Confidential · Offer Terms" }}
Issued {{ issue_date | default: "June 12, 2026" }}

{{ title_kicker | default: "Executive Offer · Employment Agreement" }}

This Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") sets out the complete terms of employment between {{ employer_legal | default: "Northwind Robotics, Inc." }} and {{ employee_name | default: "Maya Chen" }} for the role of {{ employee_role | default: "Senior Software Engineer" }}, and takes effect on the Start Date below.

{{ employer_meta1 | default: "A Delaware corporation" }}
{{ employer_meta2 | default: "1400 Harbor Steps, Suite 900" }}
{{ employer_meta3 | default: "Seattle, WA 98101" }}

Referred to throughout as the "Company".

{{ employee_meta1 | default: "Senior Software Engineer" }}
{{ employee_meta2 | default: "Reporting to the VP of Engineering" }}
{{ employee_meta3 | default: "Engineering · Autonomy Platform" }}

Referred to throughout as the "Employee".

{{ recital_p1 | default: "The Company designs autonomous mobile robots and the software that runs them, and wishes to employ the Employee to help build that software. The Employee has the skills the Company needs and wishes to accept employment on the terms set out here." }}

{{ recital_p2 | default: "In exchange for the salary, equity, and benefits below — and the Employee's work and promises — the parties agree as follows." }}

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{{ runhead_tag2 | default: "Articles 1–3 · Role & Compensation" }}

1

1.1

The Company employs the Employee as {{ employee_role | default: "Senior Software Engineer" }}, reporting to the {{ reports_to | default: "VP of Engineering" }}. {{ c_role_tail | default: "The Employee will perform the duties normally associated with that role, plus other reasonable duties the Company assigns from time to time." }}

1.2

{{ c_fulltime | default: "This is a full-time, exempt position. The Employee will devote their full working time and best efforts to the Company and will not take outside work that competes with or interferes with their duties without the Company's written consent." }}

1.3

{{ c_location | default: "The Employee's primary work location is the Company's Seattle office, with a hybrid schedule of three days on-site per week. The Company may reasonably adjust this from time to time." }}

2

2.1

The Company will pay the Employee a base salary of {{ salary_phrase | default: "$165,000 per year" }}, {{ c_salary_tail | default: "paid in equal semi-monthly installments on the Company's regular payroll schedule, less lawful withholdings and deductions." }}

2.2

Subject to Board approval, the Company will grant the Employee a stock-option award valued at {{ equity_phrase | default: "$20,000" }} {{ c_equity_tail | default: "as a sign-on, vesting over four years with a one-year cliff, governed by the Company's Equity Incentive Plan and a separate grant notice." }}

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{{ comp_total_trigger | default: "Cash, equity & employer benefits combined" }}

3

3.1

{{ c_review | default: "The Company will review the Employee's performance and compensation at least once per year. Any raise, bonus, or additional equity is at the Company's discretion and, where granted, confirmed in writing." }}

SEE ALSO → Benefits & time off in Article 4 · Confidentiality & IP in Articles 5–6 · At-will terms in Article 7.

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{{ runhead_mark | default: "Northwind Robotics — Employment Agreement" }}

{{ runhead_tag3 | default: "Articles 4–5 · Benefits & Confidentiality" }}

4

{{ a4_mono | default: "Article Four — What the Company Provides" }}

4.1

{{ c_benefits | default: "The Employee is eligible for the Company's standard benefit programs on the same terms as similar employees. The Company may amend or discontinue any plan, but will give reasonable notice of material changes." }}

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4.2

The Employee accrues {{ pto_phrase | default: "20 days of paid time off" }} {{ c_pto_tail | default: "per year, plus 11 company holidays and paid sick leave as required by law. PTO is scheduled with manager approval and in line with Company policy." }}

4.3

{{ c_expenses | default: "The Company reimburses reasonable, documented business expenses the Employee incurs in performing their duties, under the Company's expense policy." }}

5

{{ a5_mono | default: "Article Five — Protecting Company Information" }}

5.1

"Confidential Information" {{ c_confdef_tail | default: "means non-public information the Employee learns through employment — including source code, designs, robotics hardware specs, algorithms, customer lists, pricing, and business plans — whether or not marked confidential." }}

5.2

{{ c_confuse | default: "The Employee will keep Confidential Information secret, use it only to do their job, and not disclose it to anyone outside the Company. This duty continues after employment ends." }}

5.3

{{ c_return | default: "When employment ends, the Employee will promptly return or securely delete all Company property and Confidential Information, including any copies, and confirm in writing on request." }}

§

Confidentiality and the IP assignment in Article 6 survive the end of employment and bind the Employee regardless of how or why this Agreement ends.

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{{ runhead_tag4 | default: "Articles 6–8 · IP, At-Will & General" }}

6

6.1

The Employee assigns to the Company all rights in any inventions, code, designs, and other work product they create within the scope of employment or using Company resources (the "Work Product"). {{ c_assign_tail | default: "The Company owns all of it." }}

6.2

{{ c_assist | default: "The Employee will sign any documents and give reasonable help the Company needs to record or enforce its rights in the Work Product, at the Company's expense." }}

6.3

{{ c_prior | default: "This assignment does not cover inventions the Employee made entirely on their own time, without Company resources, that do not relate to the Company's business — to the extent state law protects them." }}

7

{{ a7_mono | default: "Article Seven — Ending the Relationship" }}

7.1

Employment is at-will. {{ c_atwill_tail | default: "Either the Company or the Employee may end it at any time, for any lawful reason or no reason, with or without cause. Nothing in this Agreement changes that." }}

7.2

As a courtesy, the Employee agrees to give at least {{ notice_phrase | default: "two weeks' written notice" }} {{ c_notice_tail | default: "before resigning so the Company can transition their work. The Company may waive or shorten this period." }}

7.3

{{ c_final | default: "On the last day of employment, the Company will pay all wages and accrued, unused PTO earned through that date, as required by law." }}

8

8.1

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the {{ governing_law | default: "State of Washington" }}, {{ c_law_tail | default: "without regard to its conflict-of-law rules." }}

8.2

{{ c_entire | default: "This Agreement, with the Equity Incentive Plan and Company policies it references, is the entire agreement between the parties and replaces any earlier offer or understanding." }}

8.3

{{ c_sever | default: "If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect, and the unenforceable provision is narrowed only as far as needed to make it valid." }}

SEE ALSO → Notices, counterparts & the full deal recap on the Execution Sheet (Page 5), where this Agreement is signed.

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9

9.1

{{ c_notices | default: "Notices under this Agreement must be in writing and delivered by hand, courier, or email to the address each party gives. Notice is effective when received." }}

9.2

{{ c_counter | default: "This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, including by electronic signature, each of which is an original and which together form one agreement." }}

9.3

{{ c_ack | default: "By signing below, the parties confirm they have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement as of the Start Date." }}

{{ sig_title | default: "In Witness Whereof" }}{{ sig_sub | default: "The parties sign and date this Agreement below" }}

{{ sig1_whosub | default: "VP of Engineering · Northwind Robotics, Inc." }}

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