About the role

VP of Engineering leading and scaling technical organization at Zero Point Motion. Focusing on MEMS, photonics, electronics, and software for state-of-the-art sensor technology.

Responsibilities

Build and lead a high-calibre technical team across MEMS design, electronics, firmware, and software.
Translate our technical vision into a manufacturing-ready product roadmap, in close collaboration with the CEO, COO, and Systems Architect.
Own technical delivery of our roadmap: oversee prototyping, de-risk development, and drive production readiness.
Roll up your sleeves: get into the details of design, debug and delivery when it counts.
Establish velocity and quality: set up processes that accelerate rapid demo to product iterations, without adding bureaucracy.
Lead technical reviews, ensure DFM/DFT best practice, and minimise technical debt.
Shape and manage foundry and supply chain relationships together with the COO.
Foster a strong culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence across the team.
Work with our Lead Architect to drive continuous improvement in engineering operations, from tooling to testing frameworks.
Partner across functions to align technical milestones with commercial and product goals.

Proven leadership experience in deep tech or hardware startups, ideally in MEMS, semiconductors, sensors, or tightly integrated systems
Ideally experience in teams of 100k/year); ideally with ASIC understanding. If ASIC-only: you must have shipped at very high volumes (>1M/year) while staying hands-on, including backend (test, packaging, yield).
This is about leading and doing, combining design leadership with hands-on technical impact.
If photonics-only: you must understand that photonics has not yet reached high-volume success, and therefore be open to learning very fast how to build that supply chain and adopt the mentality required to reach scale.
Involvement in backend areas (testing, architecture, electronics, control, scaling) is essential.
If non-semiconductor sensors: you must have delivered complex subsystems (e.g. robotics) with a polymath mentality, learning fast across fields, scaling products, and overcoming “world-first” challenges where no supply chain solutions existed.
Track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
Strong technical delivery mindset, from setting goals and processes to executing at pace.
Commercial awareness, able to balance technical decisions with customer needs and business impact.
Strong communication: you write well, you explain clearly, you inspire.
Fluency across hardware, electronics, and software integration.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where “done right” beats “done safe.”