Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Co-Founder

About UsWe're a seed-stage, venture-backed startup building embodied AI systems — combining robotics, computer vision, and applied machine learning to solve a large, underserved real-world industry problem. We're operating in stealth and can share full details on our technology and market during the interview process. We have a completed investor pitch, active fundraising underway, and early technical demos already built.We're looking for a technical co-founder-caliber leader to take primary ownership of the technology roadmap and engineering execution as we scale from founder-built prototypes to a fundable, defensible product.The RoleAs CTO, you'll take over and scale the technical architecture that today spans robotics (perception, sensor fusion, autonomy stack) and applied computer vision/ML pipelines. You'll work directly with the founder (background spanning autonomous vehicle development and industry domain expertise) to translate the current single-founder technical build into a scalable engineering organization.What You'll OwnTechnical architecture & roadmap — sensor architecture, autonomy stack, and applied ML/computer-vision inspection pipelinesProduct build-out — help ship core product lines spanning perception/understanding systems and physical roboticsEngineering hiring — build and lead the engineering team; you'll be the first significant technical hire the founder isn't personally managing line-by-lineSafety & standards — bring rigor to safety-critical autonomy systems operating in real-world physical environmentsInvestor & customer-facing technical credibility — represent the technology to VCs, design partners, and enterprise customers alongside the founderWhat We're Looking ForDeep experience in robotics/autonomy (perception, sensor fusion, controls) — ideally with exposure to real-time systems, embedded/vehicle networking protocols, or functional safety standardsExperience with applied computer vision / VLM systems in production, not just researchPrior founding, co-founding, or early technical leadership experience at a startup — comfort with ambiguity and building 0-to-1Field robotics or industrial/physical-world domain experience is a strong plusWillingness to work hands-on in the early stage (this is a builder role, not a management-only role) while also being able to scale into org-building as we growWhy Join NowGround-floor equity in a company with a completed investor pitch, active fundraising motion, and a clear path to enterprise customersWork at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and a massive, under-digitized industryDirect partnership with a founder with deep autonomous vehicle and industry domain experienceOpportunity to shape the technical roadmap toward a domain-specific foundation model