**About Us**
Our client is a Belgian start-up headquartered in Ghent that specializes in developing and manufacturing cutting-edge, chemical-free disinfection solutions for the Medical Devices industry. They value collaboration and open-mindedness, with a team motivated to shape the future of sustainable disinfections.
**Job Title:** Chief Technology Officer
The Chief Technology Officer will play a crucial role in shaping the company's technology strategy, collaborating directly with the CEO.
This key position leads all technical aspects of the company, encompassing engineering and infrastructure, R&D strategy, and innovation scouting.
**Responsibilities:
* Define and lead the company's technical vision across embedded systems, software platforms, and data architecture.
* Oversight of development and integration of hardware and software systems in compliance with ISO 13485, IEC 62304, MDR, and FDA requirements.
* Building and managing the internal engineering team, as well as collaborating with external technical partners and suppliers.
* Leading the product development lifecycle from prototype through validation, manufacturing, and post-market support.
* Ensuring adherence to system reliability standards.
* Developing robust documentation and traceability systems for design history files (DHF), technical files, and risk management.
* Collaboration with cross-functional leadership to align technology with clinical and regulatory goals.
**Qualifications:*
* Masters or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Technology, or a related field.
* At least 5 years of experience in hardware technology development for highly regulated environments - ideally medical devices.
* Hands-on experience with:
* Embedded systems and hardware-software integration
* Software lifecycle development under IEC 62304
* System design & cybersecurity
* Design Control & Risk Management per ISO 14971
* Experience with agile product development in a scale-up or startup is a strong plus.
* Experience building or scaling a technical team in a highly regulated domain.
**Personality Traits:
* Passionate about life sciences, sustainable technology, and innovation.
* Curious, creative, and solutions-oriented.
* A strategic thinker with strong hands-on technical depth.
* Autonomous & a quick learner, yet collaboration-oriented. Team player.
* Flexible & open-minded.
* A strong communicator able to simplify complex technical matters.
* Fluent in English.
* A person of 110% integrity.
* Gifted with a good sense of humour.
**What We Offer:
* A unique opportunity to be part of a med-tech start-up with vast growth potential and a genuine sustainable footprint.
* The chance to contribute to the development of products that improve or save people's lives.
* Work in a start-up/scale-up environment where you get both freedom, responsibility, and direct impact.
* A structured onboarding experience through direct collaboration with the CEO and other recognized industry experts, providing you with hands-on training and deep technical insights.
* The best of two worlds: a career in life sciences at an innovative company with strong academic ties.
* And of course, a competitive salary package and extra benefits.