Chief Technology Officer, Autonomous Vehicles
Location: Remote, North America (US or Canada), with regular travel to operational sites
Employment Type: Full time, permanent
Compensation: Top-of-market base salary plus a significant equity package
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing autonomous vehicle company deploying driverless technology in commercial operations. Unlike many in the space, they are already live, with a fleet of autonomous vehicles doing real work every day for a major enterprise customer.
The company is well funded following a recent growth round, is generating revenue, and is scaling its fleet significantly across multiple customer sites. It operates in a structured, well-defined environment, which makes fully driverless operation a concrete, near-term milestone rather than a long-term ambition.
The Role
This is the most senior technical position in the company. As Chief Technology Officer, you will lead the full technical organization of 60 to 70 people across autonomy, hardware and engineering, reporting to the founders.
Your primary goal in the first year is to lead the company to its first iteration of driverless operations. You will set the technical direction, build and lead a world-class engineering organization, and represent the company’s technology to investors, partners and the wider industry.
The role will grow with the business through its next stages of funding and scale.
What You Will Do
- Own the technical vision, roadmap and architecture for reaching fully driverless operations
- Lead and scale the engineering organization across autonomy, hardware and software
- Make clear, decisive technical calls that move the team forward quickly
- Build a strong leadership team and attract top engineering talent
- Drive a culture of safety, systems rigor and fast, accountable execution
- Represent the company’s technology with investors, partners and at industry events
- Shape the technical organization as the company scales through future funding rounds
What We Are Looking For
- Director level or above at an autonomous driving company (robotaxi, autonomous trucking or similar)
- Direct experience on the autonomy stack itself, having seen autonomy taken from early development into live production at scale
- A track record of building, growing and leading high-performing engineering teams
- Strong independent technical judgment and the confidence to make decisive calls
- Comfort working at startup pace, with real timelines and high ownership
- A strong network and the ability to attract top-tier engineering talent
Specialists from one area of the stack (such as perception, planning or localization) will be considered if they bring Director-level leadership and exposure across the wider stack. Distinguished Engineers from autonomy are also welcome to apply.
Nice to Have
- Experience with safety-critical systems and functional safety (e.g. ISO 26262, SOTIF)
- Experience presenting to investors or boards, or speaking at industry events
Why Join
- The top technical seat at a commercially deployed, revenue-generating autonomy company
- A clear, achievable path to driverless operations in a structured environment
- Well funded after a recent growth round, with the fleet scaling significantly
- Highly flexible compensation, with a top-of-market base and a significant equity stake
- Fully remote across North America
- A fast, founder-led interview process
