Head of Technology - Remote

Samson Rose has been retained by a venture-backed defense technology company building advanced robotics and AI systems for real-world deployment. The company is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to define the technical vision, lead the autonomy and robotics roadmap, and serve as the technical face of the business with customers, investors, partners, and government stakeholders. This is a strategic executive role for a technical leader who has built and deployed complex robotic products, understands autonomy deeply, and can help turn ambitious technology into reliable systems that perform in the field.

The CTO will own the company’s long-term technical direction across robotics, AI, autonomy, system architecture, and product execution.

This person will work directly with the CEO and executive team to shape company strategy, strengthen technical differentiation, and ensure the product roadmap aligns with commercial and mission-critical customer needs.

The original role brief emphasizes that the CTO will define the company’s technical future, build durable technical advantage, represent the company externally, and help strengthen customer and investor confidence.

Lead technical strategy across robotics, AI, autonomy, and deployed systems

• Ensure product, engineering, and commercial priorities are tightly aligned
• Build defensible technical differentiation across the company’s platform and products
• Represent the company with credibility in front of customers, investors, partners, and government stakeholders
• Maintain a high technical bar across engineering, architecture, product execution, and deployment
• Experience leading technical teams building robotics, autonomy, AI, or related systems
• Strong understanding of autonomous systems, robotic product development, and deployment
• Experience working across engineering, product, customers, and executive leadership
• Strong external communication skills with customers, partners, investors, or government stakeholders
• S. citizen or lawful permanent resident / green card holder

This role is remote, with travel required for customer meetings, company leadership sessions, technical reviews, partner engagements, and other key business needs.

This is an opportunity to lead technology for a company operating at the intersection of defense, robotics, AI, and autonomy. The right CTO will help shape not only the engineering organization, but also the company’s product strategy, technical credibility, customer trust, and long-term market position. This is a high-impact role for someone who wants to build serious technology, lead from the front, and help deploy robotic systems that matter.