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Technical Co-Founder / CTO — Deep Tech, Modelling & Control Systems\nPaleo Industry Ltd | London area, United Kingdom | Hybrid\nCompany description\nPaleo Industry is a UK deep-tech venture developing physics-based technologies to improve how complex physical systems are measured, understood and controlled.\nOur work spans industrial and manufacturing systems, electromagnetic interference and electrical power quality, and quantum technologies. Across these areas, we are pursuing a common commercial objective: helping organisations achieve reliable performance with less unnecessary testing, calibration, intervention and resource use.\nFounded by Dr Richard Eddery, a medical doctor and independent researcher, Paleo combines mathematical research, computational development and an emerging intellectual-property portfolio, including patent applications. We are now focused on translating that foundation into independently validated engineering and a commercially compelling first product.\nWe are looking for a technical co-founder to help make that transition: someone who enjoys difficult technical problems, builds things that work, and wants genuine ownership of both the technology and the business.\nThe opportunity\nThis is a founding role at the intersection of applied science, software and real-world engineering.\nYou will work directly with Richard, who leads the scientific research, invention and commercial development. Your complementary role will be to turn promising methods into robust implementations, design convincing demonstrations, and help determine where Paleo can deliver the strongest measurable customer benefit.\nThe immediate objective is not to develop every application in parallel. It is to select a focused initial opportunity, establish the evidence needed to support it, and build a product that customers or technology partners have a clear reason to adopt.\nYou will have substantial influence over product selection, technical architecture, validation strategy, engineering recruitment and the company’s direction. This is an opportunity to help decide what should be built—not simply implement a predefined roadmap.\nWhat you will do\n* Turn research into working technology. Translate mathematical methods and research code into reproducible prototypes, dependable software and, where appropriate, hardware-connected demonstrations.* Lead technical validation. Design experiments and benchmarks that test assumptions, quantify uncertainty and compare performance fairly against established alternatives. Identify what is supported by simulation and what still needs physical evidence.* Shape the first commercial product. Work with the founder and prospective partners to define a specific customer problem, practical integration requirements and measurable success criteria.* Own engineering delivery. Establish the architecture, development practices, testing, documentation and data handling needed to move from exploratory work to a maintainable product.* Build the technical capability of the business. Collaborate with specialist engineers, researchers and external partners; help recruit a small team as funding allows; and contribute to technical due diligence, funding applications and investor discussions.\nWho we are looking for\nWe are open to different backgrounds. You may be an experienced systems or control engineer, an applied physicist with strong implementation skills, or a scientific-software engineer who has worked closely with physical systems.\nThe strongest candidates will bring:\n* Depth in a relevant technical field, such as control engineering, electrical or electronic engineering, applied physics, scientific computing, industrial automation, signal processing or quantum engineering.* Strong hands-on implementation skills. You should be comfortable writing reliable code, working with numerical models and measured data, and taking responsibility for a prototype beyond the presentation stage. Python and scientific computing are particularly relevant; embedded, real-time or instrumentation experience would be valuable.* Sound experimental and analytical judgement. You can challenge assumptions constructively, diagnose why a method fails, and distinguish an interesting result from evidence strong enough to support a product claim.* Practical product instincts. You understand that technical elegance is not enough: a solution must integrate with existing workflows, solve a consequential problem and justify its cost.* A founder’s approach to responsibility. You are comfortable with uncertainty, limited resources and changing priorities, and can communicate clearly with both technical specialists and commercial stakeholders.\nYou do not need expertise across all three of Paleo’s application areas. We value depth in one relevant discipline, the ability to learn across boundaries, and the judgement to involve specialists where needed.\nExperience taking research into an industrial setting, developing an early-stage product, or working with equipment manufacturers and technology partners would be particularly useful. A relevant postgraduate qualification may be helpful, but demonstrated ability to build, test and deliver matters more than a particular credential.\nWhat we offer\nThis is an opportunity to join at a formative stage and help build a science-led technology company around research, engineering evidence and defensible intellectual property.\nThe role offers meaningful founder equity, shared responsibility for company outcomes, and substantial influence over the product, technical strategy and future team. You would be joining as a genuine business-building partner, not as an outsourced developer or a nominal adviser.\nPaleo is an early-stage venture. The equity structure, initial time commitment, route to full-time involvement and salary arrangements will be discussed openly in relation to the company’s funding position and the responsibilities agreed.\nHow to express interest\nPlease contact Dr Richard Eddery through LinkedIn with a brief introduction and an example of something you have personally built, tested or brought into practical use.\nWe would be particularly interested to hear about a difficult technical decision you owned, how you established whether your approach worked, and why the opportunity to build Paleo appeals to you.\nDetailed technical material and protected intellectual property will be shared at the appropriate stage under suitable confidentiality arrangements.The post is currently equity only but with an expectation of funding and salary whthin months.

Technical Co-Founder / CTO — Deep Tech, Modelling & Control Systems

Paleo Industry Ltd | London area, United Kingdom | Hybrid

Company description

Paleo Industry is a UK deep-tech venture developing physics-based technologies to improve how complex physical systems are measured, understood and controlled.

Our work spans industrial and manufacturing systems, electromagnetic interference and electrical power quality, and quantum technologies. Across these areas, we are pursuing a common commercial objective: helping organisations achieve reliable performance with less unnecessary testing, calibration, intervention and resource use.

Founded by Dr Richard Eddery, a medical doctor and independent researcher, Paleo combines mathematical research, computational development and an emerging intellectual-property portfolio, including patent applications. We are now focused on translating that foundation into independently validated engineering and a commercially compelling first product.

We are looking for a technical co-founder to help make that transition: someone who enjoys difficult technical problems, builds things that work, and wants genuine ownership of both the technology and the business.

The opportunity

This is a founding role at the intersection of applied science, software and real-world engineering.

You will work directly with Richard, who leads the scientific research, invention and commercial development. Your complementary role will be to turn promising methods into robust implementations, design convincing demonstrations, and help determine where Paleo can deliver the strongest measurable customer benefit.

The immediate objective is not to develop every application in parallel. It is to select a focused initial opportunity, establish the evidence needed to support it, and build a product that customers or technology partners have a clear reason to adopt.

You will have substantial influence over product selection, technical architecture, validation strategy, engineering recruitment and the company’s direction. This is an opportunity to help decide what should be built—not simply implement a predefined roadmap.

What you will do

* Turn research into working technology. Translate mathematical methods and research code into reproducible prototypes, dependable software and, where appropriate, hardware-connected demonstrations.

* Lead technical validation. Design experiments and benchmarks that test assumptions, quantify uncertainty and compare performance fairly against established alternatives. Identify what is supported by simulation and what still needs physical evidence.

* Shape the first commercial product. Work with the founder and prospective partners to define a specific customer problem, practical integration requirements and measurable success criteria.

* Own engineering delivery. Establish the architecture, development practices, testing, documentation and data handling needed to move from exploratory work to a maintainable product.

* Build the technical capability of the business. Collaborate with specialist engineers, researchers and external partners; help recruit a small team as funding allows; and contribute to technical due diligence, funding applications and investor discussions.

Who we are looking for

We are open to different backgrounds. You may be an experienced systems or control engineer, an applied physicist with strong implementation skills, or a scientific-software engineer who has worked closely with physical systems.

The strongest candidates will bring:

* Depth in a relevant technical field, such as control engineering, electrical or electronic engineering, applied physics, scientific computing, industrial automation, signal processing or quantum engineering.

* Strong hands-on implementation skills. You should be comfortable writing reliable code, working with numerical models and measured data, and taking responsibility for a prototype beyond the presentation stage. Python and scientific computing are particularly relevant; embedded, real-time or instrumentation experience would be valuable.

* Sound experimental and analytical judgement. You can challenge assumptions constructively, diagnose why a method fails, and distinguish an interesting result from evidence strong enough to support a product claim.

* Practical product instincts. You understand that technical elegance is not enough: a solution must integrate with existing workflows, solve a consequential problem and justify its cost.

* A founder’s approach to responsibility. You are comfortable with uncertainty, limited resources and changing priorities, and can communicate clearly with both technical specialists and commercial stakeholders.

You do not need expertise across all three of Paleo’s application areas. We value depth in one relevant discipline, the ability to learn across boundaries, and the judgement to involve specialists where needed.

Experience taking research into an industrial setting, developing an early-stage product, or working with equipment manufacturers and technology partners would be particularly useful. A relevant postgraduate qualification may be helpful, but demonstrated ability to build, test and deliver matters more than a particular credential.

What we offer

This is an opportunity to join at a formative stage and help build a science-led technology company around research, engineering evidence and defensible intellectual property.

The role offers meaningful founder equity, shared responsibility for company outcomes, and substantial influence over the product, technical strategy and future team. You would be joining as a genuine business-building partner, not as an outsourced developer or a nominal adviser.

Paleo is an early-stage venture. The equity structure, initial time commitment, route to full-time involvement and salary arrangements will be discussed openly in relation to the company’s funding position and the responsibilities agreed.

How to express interest

Please contact Dr Richard Eddery through LinkedIn with a brief introduction and an example of something you have personally built, tested or brought into practical use.

We would be particularly interested to hear about a difficult technical decision you owned, how you established whether your approach worked, and why the opportunity to build Paleo appeals to you.

Detailed technical material and protected intellectual property will be shared at the appropriate stage under suitable confidentiality arrangements.

The post is currently equity only but with an expectation of funding and salary whthin months.

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