Required Experience

8 years of HW/SW consumer or medical device design development and market entry experience.

Previous startup experience at a senior level, both in terms of actual technical development and tech team management, is essential.

Current knowledge of relevant tools and technology

Previous experience in:

systems architecture

embedded and edge-based AI systems

low-power mobile systems development

power management

AI and ML systems

privacy and security

sound design

acoustic design

game design

hardware development

med device experience

Proven track record in building and leading engineering teams from the ground up

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Ideal candidate is:

Highly driven by our mission to meaningfully change the world for the better—our mission is the primary motivating and unifying force for our team members.  Given the large number of blind colleagues on our team, we are always very conscious of why we are here and why we are driving hard toward our end goal. We need a CTO who is as dedicated to the mission as the rest of the team, and who will strengthen and grow this powerful force at the center of our shared work.

Innately curious and always learning, able to pick up new concepts and creatively synthesize them

Able to balance confidence and certainty of the right way to get things done, with strong abilities to listen to and integrate the expertise of colleagues, and then adapt approaches accordingly  

Able to flexibly switch gears from meta to concrete, from high-level ideation to nitty-gritty getting-stuff-done

Emotionally intelligent and able to walk in someone else's shoes—particularly important given our end clients and their diverse abilities, disabilities, and needs; and the highly diverse experiential and cultural backgrounds of our team, having been drawn from the best and brightest from five continents

An adventurous spirit, motivated by huge challenges, and excited at the prospect of being the first person to achieve something significant and new.

Looking to build technology with a major global impact, and is motivated by being a key player and leader in ARIA’s mission to dramatically improve the day-to-day experience of living with severe vision loss

Interested in helping to lead the development of next generation computing systems integrating human facing AI, assistive technologies, and contextual understanding

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