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You have successfully led multidisciplinary teams, ideally with responsibility for 20 or more people, multiple functions and a significant budget. You have shipped physical products. You have taken complex robotics, mechatronics, medical or industrial hardware from development or prototype stage into customer use, production or product maturity. You understand human-like robotic systems. Ideally, you have experience in humanoid or biomedical robotics, particularly with anthropomorphic mechanisms, sensor and actuator systems, robotic hands or tendon-driven devices. You think in systems. You can connect mechanics, electronics, sensing, control, software, AI and customer applications into a coherent product architecture. You build teams that execute. You have a track record of recruiting strong people, developing leaders and creating a culture of ownership and high standards. You know how to scale engineering. You bring experience from a startup, scale-up or industrial technology company and understand how to combine speed with disciplined execution. You make sound decisions under uncertainty. You are pragmatic, commercially aware and able to distinguish between the perfect solution and the right solution. You communicate with every audience. You can engage credibly with engineers, customers, executives, investors and industrial partners. You have a strong technical foundation. A degree in engineering, computer science, robotics, mechatronics or a related field is preferred. You are ready to build internationally. You are fluent in English and comfortable working across the Zurich and Munich locations. German is an advantage. Bonus: * Dexterous manipulation, grasp planning, or robotic hands * Tactile sensing and contact-rich manipulation ## Description As a Chief Technology Officer, you will own TACTILIA's technology strategy, product architecture, and engineering execution. You will lead a multidisciplinary organization across project management, systems engineering, mechanics, electronics, sensorics, embedded and robotics software, AI, product management, applications and testing. Your responsibility is to turn a highly capable robotic hand into a reliable, manufacturable, serviceable and scalable industrial product. This is a leadership role with substantial technical depth. You do not need to be the deepest specialist in every discipline, but you must have first-hand experience with both hardware and software development and the judgment to make sound system-level decisions across both. What you will do: Set the technology direction. Define TACTILIA's technology strategy and product roadmap from the current platform to a scalable industrial product. Lead the whole stack. Lead the teams across project management, systems, mechanics, electronics, sensorics, embedded and robotics software, AI, product, applications and testing. Make the architecture work. Own the system architecture and the interfaces between hardware, software, AI and applications. Turn R&D into product. Drive the transition from advanced prototypes to reliable, manufacturable, serviceable and customer-ready products. Make the right trade-offs. Balance performance, reliability, cost, safety, manufacturability and speed of execution. Build the organization. Recruit, develop and lead the engineering and product organization across Zurich and Munich. Create clarity and accountability. Establish effective priorities, processes, decision-making structures and technical standards across the teams. Own resources and execution. Manage engineering budgets, headcount and priorities in line with the company's product and business goals. Stay close to customers. Translate customer requirements and field experience into product decisions and future technology direction. Represent TACTILIA externally. 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