Oxipital AI is on a mission to revolutionize the manufacturing industry with its cutting-edge AI-enabled machine vision solutions. These solutions, when implemented, drive greater resilience, operational efficiency, and sustainability in the most complex and critical manufacturing processes. As a fast-growing company striving to make a difference every day, we are seeking a collaborative and dynamic Chief Technology Officer to join the team. To succeed in this role, the successful candidate must be a strategic thinker who can also roll up their sleeves and execute with precision. The CTO will play a crucial part in guiding the long-range direction of the company through direct leadership of world-class technology and engineering teams.

If you are passionate about AI, machine vision, and robotics, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are eager to make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Participate in strategic and operational planning as part of the Executive Leadership Team
Define the company’s overall technology strategy in support of business goals and objectives
Establish overall direction and strategic initiatives for the engineering team
Manage a diverse engineering team of AI/ML scientists and SW/HW/FW/Systems engineers and instill a culture of continuous improvement
Regularly and accurately communicate the status of all technical development activities at an appropriate cadence to the ELT, the broader organization and to key external stakeholders
Monitor, analyze, and where appropriate, incorporate the latest technologies to improve the company’s products and business performance
Initiate and manage a variety of simultaneous programs including R&D, NPD, sustaining engineering, and business improvement projects
Collaborate with VP Product and CEO to develop long-term integrated product/technology roadmap
Oversee data/cyber security, information management, and governance
Work closely with Director of Manufacturing, Quality, and Regulatory to ensure products meet DFX goals and deliver outstanding customer experiences
Work with VP Finance and CEO to develop and manage an annual engineering department budget
Make infrastructure decisions, ensuring technical excellence, versatility, safety and soundness, resiliency and scalability in the architecting and engineering of product solutions
Direct the structural development of software systems
Develop policies and procedures to design efficient and scalable software architecture

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or other relevant engineering fields; Master’s strongly preferred
Minimum of 15 years of progressive management experience, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role
Minimum 5 years of project management experience - PMP or other certification desired
Background in Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning strongly preferred
Demonstrable experience managing operational performance within financial budgets
Success in building high-performing, cross-functional (SW & HW) engineering teams
Excellent communication, leadership, and strategic thinking abilities with a problem-solving aptitude
Broad knowledge of software engineering and experienced leading agile development

Chief Technology Officer

About the Role

About Oxipital AI