This is an engineering-first executive role. We're looking for a leader who built their career as an engineer before progressing into engineering management and executive leadership. The ideal candidate has experience leading multidisciplinary teams developing complex physical products—including hardware, RF, embedded systems, FPGA, and AI—and enjoys staying technically engaged while growing an engineering organization. This is a rare opportunity to lead engineering across both commercially successful consumer products and rapidly growing defense technologies within the same organization.
We’re a low-ego, collaborative team of curious problem-solvers, passionate about building well-crafted, innovative products. As an engineering-driven, product-focused company, we work across a wide range of technical challenges—spanning RF, DSP, and automotive electronics—from high-performance engineering tools to consumer products found in brick-and-mortar stores. Our engineering team works across both our direct-to-consumer product portfolio and our growing defense programs. We are currently executing an actively funded defense contract, and our engineers are fully engaged with a robust development pipeline.
As we continue to grow, we're looking for a Chief Technology Officer who can lead our engineering organization through its next phase while remaining deeply engaged in the technology itself. We're looking for a technical leader who enjoys building products, mentoring engineers, making architectural decisions, and helping grow a world-class engineering organization.
You'll lead a growing engineering organization of eight full-time engineers, supported by a highly technical Program Manager and Project Manager, while helping shape how the team evolves as the company continues to grow. As CTO, you'll provide the technical vision, organizational leadership, and engineering discipline needed to scale the company while remaining close to the products and the people building them.
You'll work directly with company leadership to shape our technology roadmap, evaluate new opportunities, and ensure our engineering efforts align with both commercial and defense objectives.
You’ll thrive here if you:
- Enjoy building organizations as much as building technology.
- Believe the best ideas win, regardless of title.
- Love solving difficult technical problems alongside your team.
- Can balance long-term vision with day-to-day execution.
- Want to help shape both the products we build and the culture we create.
This is a meaningful opportunity to join a growing company in a pivotal role. If you’re looking to work with smart, kind people on challenging, high-impact projects—we’d love to hear from you.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Define and execute Radenso Labs' long-term technology strategy.
- Lead and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team spanningRF, electrical engineering, hardware, embedded systems, FPGA, signal processing, AI, software.
- Serve as the technical authority for major architectural and product decisions.
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
- Improve engineering processes, planning, documentation, and execution as the company scales.
- Partner with Program Management to ensure projects are delivered successfully.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities for new products and capabilities.
- Collaborate with customers, partners, and government stakeholders on technical solutions.
- Participate in proposal development, customer demonstrations, and strategic planning.
- Recruit, hire, and develop future engineering talent.
- Represent Radenso Labs as a technical leader with customers, partners, investors, and at industry events.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of engineering experience with a foundation in electrical engineering, computer engineering, RF engineering, embedded systems, mechanical engineering, or systems engineering.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong background in systems architecture and product development.
- Experience building complex hardware/software products from concept through deployment.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to engineers, executives, customers, and government stakeholders.
- Demonstrated progression from engineer to engineering leader while remaining technically engaged throughout your career.
- Passion for mentoring engineers and developing technical talent.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Availability to work onsite in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Preferred Experience
Experience in several of the following areas:
- Defense systems
- Software-defined radio (SDR)
- RF systems
- Embedded systems
- FPGA development
- Machine learning and AI
- Edge computing
- Computer vision
- Cloud infrastructure
- C-UAS technologies
- Autonomous systems
- Signal processing
Experience working with DoD customers or government programs is highly desirable.
Benefits:
Salary: $200-250,000 plus equity (RSUs)
- Full time, salaried position onsite in Cincinnati, OH
- 6% 401k match, fully vested immediately
- Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave
- Health, dental, vision, life insurance, and retirement plan are offered
We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.
Pay: $200,000.00 - $250,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
