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🤖 Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / VP of Engineering - Growing Robotics Company
📍 Oklahoma City, OK or Austin, TX | 🏢 On-site / Hybrid | 💼 Executive Leadership | 💰 $225K–$250K Bonus Equity
Career Staffing Talent (CST) has partnered with a fast-growing and scaling robotics company seeking a Chief Technology Officer / VP of Engineering to architect next-generation robotics platforms and build a world-class engineering organization.
This is a hands-on executive role for a technical leader who has shipped robotics products, built high-performance engineering teams, and thrives in a fast-moving, venture-backed environment.
You will directly shape product architecture, recruit elite engineers, and deliver robotics platforms that unlock significant new revenue and market expansion.
🚀 Why This Role Matters
You will lead the engineering organization responsible for delivering next-generation robotics systems. This role sits at the center of product, engineering, investor relations, and commercial strategy.
🛠️ What You’ll Be Doing
🏗️ Product & Technical Leadership
- Architect robotics platforms spanning hardware, firmware, perception, and software
- Lead development and launch of next-generation robotics systems
- Establish scalable engineering standards, testing frameworks, and architecture
- Drive improvements in perception latency, accuracy, and system reliability
- Build software-defined robotics capabilities replacing legacy PLC-based workflows
👥 Engineering Team & Organizational Growth
- Recruit and scale a high-performing engineering team across robotics disciplines
- Develop technical leads, mentorship programs, and career progression frameworks
- Implement hiring standards, performance management, and engineering culture
- Build an organization capable of delivering ambitious product roadmaps
📈 Strategic & Commercial Impact
- Translate market and customer needs into technical roadmaps
- Support sales efforts through customer meetings and technical presentations
- Present technical strategy and progress to executives, investors, and board members
- Partner closely with CEO, operations, and commercial leadership
Required Experience
🧠 What We’re Looking For
- 12–15 years in robotics, autonomous systems, or industrial automation engineering
- Proven track record shipping robotics products from concept through production
- Experience leading engineering teams (5–25 engineers)
- Deep expertise in multiple areas such as:
- Robotics perception (vision, LiDAR, sensor fusion)
- Motion planning and control systems
- Embedded systems and real-time software
- Robotics kinematics and dynamics
- Strong hands-on technical leadership—code reviews, architecture, debugging
Strongly Preferred
- Aerospace, defense, or industrial robotics background
- Experience scaling engineering teams in growth-stage companies
- Familiarity with ROS / ROS2 and modern robotics frameworks
- Experience with safety-critical or industrial systems
🌎 Location & Travel
- Based in Oklahoma City (preferred) or Austin, TX
- Regular travel between both locations required
🎯 Ideal Profile
You are a hands-on technical executive who can scale engineering organizations, solve complex robotics challenges, and deliver real products—not just strategy. You thrive in fast-moving environments and know how to turn ambitious technical visions into shipped systems.
This is NOT a pure people-manager role.
This is for a builder.
If you’ve built robotics systems in aerospace, defense, industrial automation, or advanced manufacturing — and want to lead something meaningful at scale — let’s talk.
📩 Confidential inquiries welcome.