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Head of Technology

Monroe Consulting Group, an Executive Recruitment firm, is partnering with an organisation in the Information Technology industry to hire a Head of Technology. This role is based in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Position Overview

This role is responsible for defining and executing the organisation's end-to-end technology vision, systems architecture, and product strategy across advanced robotics platforms.
It will play a critical role in scaling innovation into commercially viable, high-reliability solutions while driving organisational growth and market leadership.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technology Vision & Architecture

  • Define and own a 3-5 year technology strategy across UAV, AGV, Robot autonomy software, AI/ML, SaaS, and edge-cloud systems.
  • Architect modular, scalable, and secure robotics platforms with OTA capability, fleet telemetry, diagnostics, and cloud orchestration.
  • Establish system-level reliability engineering practices including fault tolerance, redundancy, and observability.

2. Product & Life cycle Leadership

  • Lead the full lifecycle: Research → Prototype → Validation → Field Deployment → Certification → Scaled Production.
  • Define Operational Design Domains (ODD) and safety cases for UAV and AGV deployments. Institutionalise structured experimentation while enforcing production-grade engineering discipline.

3. Safety, Compliance & Regulatory

  • Oversee regulatory engagement and certification pathways (e.g., CAAM, ISO EASA, FAA or equivalent authorities).
  • Implement operational governance frameworks for fleet safety, UTM integration, and incident response.
  • Embed cybersecurity, data protection, and secure supply chain practices into product architecture.

4. Engineering & Team Leadership

  • Build and scale high-performance teams across hardware, firmware, autonomy, back end/front end software, DevOps, and MLOps.
  • Design career ladders, succession planning, and leadership bench strength.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment between R&D, Operations, and Commercial teams.

5. AI, Data & Platform Excellence

  • Establish robust data pipelines and MLOps frameworks for continuous improvement of perception, planning, and control stacks.
  • Oversee CI/CD pipelines for firmware, embedded systems, edge computing and cloud-native SaaS platforms. Ensure production-grade AI deployment with versioning, monitoring, and rollback capability.

6. Strategic Partnerships & Capital Allocation

  • Lead supplier and compute strategy (sensors, embedded systems, robotics compute, cloud vendors).
  • Own technology budget, capex/opex trade-offs, lab infrastructure, fleet expansion, and tooling investments.
  • Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions across hardware and software stack layers.

7. Executive & External Representation

  • Serve as technical authority in board discussions, investor due diligence, and enterprise client engagements.
  • Represent the organisation at regulatory forums, industry conferences, and strategic partnerships.
  • Support pre/post-sales technical integration and enterprise pilots.

Key Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

  • Degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or related field (MS/PhD preferred).
  • 10+ years in technical roles, including 5+ years in senior leadership (CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Technology).
  • Proven record shipping integrated hardware + software robotic systems into real-world operations.
  • Experience working with aviation or autonomous system regulators strongly preferred.
  • Experience in digital transformation, automation, and industrial digitalisation solutions.

Technical / Functional Expertise

  • Deep expertise in ROS/ROS2 ecosystems, real-time embedded systems, SLAM, perception, planning & control, LiDAR, radar, computer vision systems, and production AI/ML deployment.
  • Strong experience operating SaaS/cloud platforms supporting distributed fleets.
  • Proficiency in project management tools (Jira, Trello, Asana, MS Project, or similar platforms).

Soft Skills & Leadership Competencies

  • Strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing technical teams across multidisciplinary functions.
  • Strong strategic thinking and decision-making capabilities with the ability to drive organisational alignment and technology innovation.
  • Excellent executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills across internal and external environments.