Lead Software Engineer

An early-stage deep-tech company building the safety intelligence platform for robotics. The core is under active build: a certifiable runtime, a reference integration targeting EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, and the toolchain the next wave of engineers will inherit.

As lead software engineer, working directly alongside the CTO, you own that build from first commit through first certified release.

• The core of the platform - runtime, integration, tooling.
• The first certifiable release into first customer deployment, against a functional safety assessment (SIL2 / PLd).
• The engineering practices the rest of the team inherits: MISRA and AUTOSAR discipline, static analysis, CI, SIL and HIL, observability.
• The build/buy line, and the next hires on the core team.

• Production C++17+ at senior level, with deterministic real-time work on embedded Linux, , or an RTOS (QNX, VxWorks, Zephyr).
• MISRA / AUTOSAR C++14 discipline, plus one of Polyspace, Helix QAC, LDRA, Parasoft, Vector CAST.
• Safety-critical lifecycle fluency: V-model, FMEA / FMEDA, FTA, traceability, evidence packaging.
• A track record shipping production systems software, including a stint setting technical direction somewhere early-stage.

a safety case with your signature on it (SIL2, PLd or ASIL-B, to notified-body sign-off). Sensor fusion fundamentals. CUDA / Jetson or automotive-grade SoC deployment. Founding or hire-#1 experience. Formal methods. German alongside English.