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COO, IMI Venture Studio | Corporate Innovation | Startup Development | Energy, ClimateTech, Industrial Manufacturing | General Manager
Role: Technical Founder in Residence
Location: Singapore (preferred) | Remote-friendly for exceptional candidates
Industry: Deep Tech | Hardware-Software Integration | Industrial AI
About This Opportunity
We're building breakthrough technology that transforms critical infrastructure inspection and non-destructive testing.
In partnership with Singapore Deep Tech Alliance and leading industrial partners, we're developing next-generation NDT solutions that combine advanced sensing, AI, and smart automation to solve decades-old challenges.
Our mission: Make industrial inspection faster, smarter, and fundamentally more reliable through deep technology innovation.
If you're a technical leader who loves building transformative products and wants to pioneer solutions in established industries ripe for disruption — we want to meet you.
Role: Technical Founder in Residence
We seek a visionary technical founder to lead the development of our breakthrough NDT sensing and analysis platform from laboratory concept to market-ready solution.
You'll drive technical strategy, R&D innovation, product architecture, and team formation for a complex hardware-software system.
Working closely with researchers, customers, and industry experts, you'll transform cutting-edge technology into robust, user-centric solutions that redefine industry standards.
Most importantly, you possess the entrepreneurial mindset to navigate uncertainty, pivot strategically, and create innovative solutions under pressure.
What You'll Do
- Own the technical vision for our core NDT platform — an integrated sensing system with AI-driven defect analysis capabilities
- Drive technology innovation across hardware and software — improving precision, reliability, automation, and field deployment
- Lead R&D partnerships with researchers and institutions to solve fundamental NDT engineering challenges
- Design and validate prototypes from proof-of-concept to production-ready inspection systems
- Collaborate with pilot customers to ensure product-market alignment and real-world validation in industrial inspection
- Architect for scale — ensuring technical decisions support manufacturability, compliance, and global deployment
- Secure technical capital through grants, strategic partnerships, and investor relationships
- Navigate uncertainty with resilience — leading through ambiguity, iteration, and calculated risks
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years in hardware product development, preferably 0-to-1 ventures
- Strong technical foundation in systems engineering, applied physics, mechatronics, or related fields
- Hands-on expertise with sensors, control systems, precision mechanics, and/or advanced instrumentation
- Proven leadership as founder, CTO, or technical lead in early-stage deep-tech companies
- Cross-functional experience leading teams spanning hardware, software, and data science
- Entrepreneurial resilience — demonstrated ability to handle setbacks and drive breakthrough innovation
- Track record of taking complex technical products from concept to market
Highly Valued Experience
- Non-destructive testing (NDT) — ultrasonic, radiographic, magnetic particle, or advanced optical methods
- Industrial sensing technologies — optics, lasers, imaging systems, or precision measurement
- Customer-centric innovation — translating technical capabilities into market solutions
- Regulatory experience with industrial standards and certifications (ISO, ASTM, etc.)
- Technical stack familiarity — computer vision, real-time systems, hardware-software co-design
- Industry networks in deep tech, manufacturing, or industrial automation
- Founder mindset — understanding of startup risks, equity, and venture building
Why This Role?
- Shape the technical DNA of a new venture backed by credible investors to solve critical industrial challenges
- Access elite networks of researchers, investors, and industry leaders
- Build global impact — solutions deployed across energy, aerospace, infrastructure, and manufacturing
- Significant equity stake in a fast-scaling deep-tech venture
- Culture of innovation — valuing technical rigor, creative problem-solving, and bold thinking
Employment details
- Seniority level Mid-Senior level
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Information Technology, Product Management, and Manufacturing
- Industries Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, Software Development, and Repair and Maintenance
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