Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Berlin

Upto €120,000

An early-stage deep-tech company building the safety intelligence platform for robotics. The core is under active build: a certifiable runtime, a reference integration targeting EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, and the toolchain the next wave of engineers will inherit.

As lead software engineer, working directly alongside the CTO, you own that build from first commit through first certified release.

what you own

• The core of the platform — runtime, integration, tooling.
• The first certifiable release into first customer deployment, against a functional safety assessment (SIL2 / PLd).
• The engineering practices the rest of the team inherits: MISRA and AUTOSAR discipline, static analysis, CI, SIL and HIL, observability.
• The build/buy line, and the next hires on the core team.

what you need

• Production C++17+ at senior level, with deterministic real-time work on embedded Linux, PREEMPT_RT, or an RTOS (QNX, VxWorks, Zephyr).
• MISRA / AUTOSAR C++14 discipline, plus one of Polyspace, Helix QAC, LDRA, Parasoft, Vector CAST.
• Safety-critical lifecycle fluency: V-model, FMEA / FMEDA, FTA, traceability, evidence packaging.
• A track record shipping production systems software, including a stint setting technical direction somewhere early-stage.

Stands out: a safety case with your signature on it (SIL2, PLd or ASIL-B, to notified-body sign-off). Sensor fusion fundamentals. CUDA / Jetson or automotive-grade SoC deployment. Founding or hire-#1 experience. Formal methods. German alongside English.