Founding CTO (PreSeed Health-tech) - Clinical Infrastructure for Field Operations
RemoteLondon, England, United Kingdom or United Kingdom
Job Summary
Define the initial technology stack and build the core engineering team for a rugged, self-contained clinical infrastructure platform. Conduct end-to-end system integration across integrated sensing, edge computing, and data synchronization layers while designing resilient systems for intermittent connectivity and power constraints. Ensure alignment with medical device regulations, data protection standards, and quality management frameworks to deliver functional prototypes for clinical pilots and investor demonstrations. Collaborate with the CEO on product direction, pilot deployments, and technical documentation for future funding rounds.
Required Qualifications
- A track record of shipping real products, ideally spanning both physical devices and the software that runs on and around them
- Depth in one or more of: embedded systems / firmware, sensors and signal acquisition, edge compute, or connected-device architecture
- Experience building in a regulated, high-trust domain: health-tech, medical devices, defence, or a comparable safety-critical field
- Comfort with the standards and evidence that come with it (e.g. clinical safety, data protection, medical-device / quality management frameworks)
- Pragmatism and speed at the earliest stage
- Founder wiring: ownership and equity, ability to carry the technical story with clinical users and investors, and ability to hire and raise the bar without slowing everyone down
- Willingness and ability to undergo UK government security vetting
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge of AI/ML for on-device inference or sensor fusion
- Experience as a founding engineer or early employee at a technology startup
- Exposure to clinical, pre-hospital, emergency, humanitarian or field-operations environments
- Familiarity with the realities of getting hardware manufactured and certified
- Pre-existing security clearance with UKSV
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