Founder-Era CEO: Scale a Ground-Floor Spatial Intelligence

Confidential - High Technology Startup; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential - High Technology Startup seeks a founder-era CEO with a track record of building and scaling deeply technical hardware-software ventures. You will lead capital formation, set the strategic direction, and build a commercial organization capable of rapid growth with institutional investors and strategic partners.

You will own the fundraising, GTM execution, and P&L discipline while maintaining startup speed and a hands-on, results-driven leadership style.

Qualifications

• Serial entrepreneur or proven CEO with multiple company-building cycles and exits or strong revenue growth.
• Real access to capital with direct relationships to tier-one investors or strategic capital.
• Extensive network to secure seed through growth funding and strategic partnerships.
• Track record in deep tech hardware-software or defense-adjacent firms with verifiable outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to acquire first enterprise customers in new markets and channels.
• Executive-level technical fluency to translate complex tech to diverse audiences and win buy-in.
• Proven ability to recruit and retain elite talent to build a top-tier team.
• Experience taking a pre-revenue deep tech company to commercial traction and scale.
• A combination of visionary thinking and operational ruthlessness with urgent, ownership-driven pace.

Responsibilities

• Capital formation and leading raises through seed to growth stages with institutional investors and strategic partners.
• Customer acquisition across beachhead markets and building GTM execution.
• Go-to-market strategy to convert a technically superior platform into signed contracts and revenue growth.
• Team building and recruiting a commercial and operational team matching the technical foundation.
• External representation to investors, enterprise customers, defense stakeholders, and strategic partners.
• Full P&L ownership and the discipline to scale with startup velocity.

Skills

Serial entrepreneur

Proven CEO

Capital access

Extensive network

Enterprise sales

Technical fluency

Talent recruitment

Hardware-software experience

Defense-adjacent exposure

Urgent in execution

Job description

Confidential - High Technology Startup seeks a founder-era CEO with a track record of building and scaling deeply technical hardware-software ventures. You will lead capital formation, set the strategic direction, and build a commercial organization capable of rapid growth with institutional investors and strategic partners.

You will own the fundraising, GTM execution, and P&L discipline while maintaining startup speed and a hands-on, results-driven leadership style.