Co-Founder & CTO

About the Job

Mission: We are building the world's first AI-powered companion and clinical monitoring robot for seniors, a product that combines a social companion robot, a clinical-grade wearable (ring or band), and a health intelligence platform into one ecosystem. We are hiring a Co-Founder & CTO to own everything that physically exists: the hardware architecture, the embedded software, the wearable design, the sensor stack, and the manufacturing relationship with our contract manufacturer overseas.

This is not a role for someone who has prototyped on a Raspberry Pi. This is a role for someone who has shipped a physical product — consumer electronics or a medical device — from concept to mass production, survived an EVT/DVT/PVT cycle, and knows what it actually takes to pass FCC, UL, and eventually FDA 510(k) certification. You will be the person who takes our completed hardware specification documents and turns them into something a senior can hold in their hands.

Growth: We incorporated on June 18, 2026. We are at day one. The opportunity is to be the technical co-founder of a company targeting a $500B+ senior care market with a product that has no true direct competitor.

Location: New York, NY. Flexible on in-office cadence at the founding stage.

Compensation: Equity only. Co-founder equity package (3–8%) commensurate with experience and commitment. No salary until funding is secured, this is a founding team role.

Team: Reports to and partners directly with Joey Laham, CEO. You will be the second person on the founding team. You will build the engineering organization beneath you.

Why Now: The senior care crisis is not coming, it is here. 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. The existing solutions (voice assistants, medical alert buttons, basic tablets) are inadequate. We have completed the full product documentation, hardware specs, materials requirements, cloud architecture, and PRDs, for both a wellness Companion and a clinical Health device. We need the person who can execute them.

You'd be a fit if:

• You have shipped at least one physical consumer electronics or medical device from concept to mass production

• You have managed a contract manufacturer (ideally in China or Taiwan) through an EVT/DVT/PVT cycle

• You have hands-on experience with embedded Linux, RTOS, or ARM-based SoC platforms (Qualcomm, MediaTek, or similar)

• You understand sensor fusion, combining accelerometers, PPG, SpO2, ECG, and microphone arrays into coherent real-time data

• You have navigated at least one regulatory certification (FCC, UL, CE, or FDA)

• You are comfortable making architecture decisions with incomplete information and defending them

• You get things done when things are messy, ambiguous, and underfunded

• Engineering degree preferred (EE, ME, CS) but the shipped product matters more than the credential

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the full hardware architecture for the companion robot and wearable (ring and band) across both the Companion (wellness) and Health (clinical) product tracks

• Lead the EVT process with our contract manufacturer, translate spec documents into prototype units

• Own the embedded software stack: real-time sensor data collection, local processing, and cloud data pipeline

• Drive FCC and UL certification for the Companion track; lead FDA 510(k) pre-submission strategy for the Health track

• Build and manage the engineering team as the company grows

• Be the technical voice in investor conversations, manufacturer negotiations, and clinical partner discussions

What Success Looks Like:

• EVT units in hand within 12 months of joining

• FCC/UL certification achieved for the Companion device

• FDA pre-submission meeting completed for the Health device

• A hardware team of 3–5 engineers hired and productive within 18 months

Why join Robotics & Co:

• Impact: You are building a product that will directly improve the quality of life of millions of seniors and reduce the burden on their families

• Ownership: This is a co-founder role, you will have real equity, real decision-making authority, and your name on the product

• Mission: The senior care crisis is one of the most important problems of our generation. We are building the infrastructure to address it.

• Timing: Day one. The cap table is clean. The documentation is done. The execution starts now.

Interview Process:

• Intro call with Joey Laham, CEO, 30 minutes, culture and background
• Technical review, walk through the hardware specification documents together and discuss your approach
• Founding team conversation, vision alignment, equity discussion, and role definition

Robotics & Companies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in building a team as diverse as the seniors we serve.