CTO

• Developing and implementing a multi-year technology strategy aligned with the group's commercial and operational ambitions.
• Professionalising software development by introducing structure, testing frameworks, version control, modular architectures and quality assurance processes.
• Driving productisation by creating standardised hardware and software building blocks that reduce complexity and enable efficient scaling.
• Strengthening solution design as a differentiator during the pre-sales phase, ensuring concepts are feasible, competitive and well-substantiated.
• Leading and developing the engineering organisation across software, PLC/controls, system design and product management.
• Creating engineering governance, technical standards and quality gates that reduce late changes, rework and commissioning issues.
• Ensuring strong alignment with Sales, Project Execution and Service to secure deliverable and serviceable technical solutions.
• Managing resource allocation within the engineering and software teams to balance customer projects with internal development.
• Acting as technology authority in leadership forums, contributing to strategic decisions, investment priorities and long-term product direction.

You are an experienced technology leader with a deep background in automation, intralogistics or system-integration environments. You are comfortable shaping engineering organisations, driving standardisation and guiding complex technical development.You bring:

• 10-20+ years in technical leadership roles in automation, software, controls, system engineering or mechatronics.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams at scale.
• Strong understanding of software development maturity, PLC/controls and engineering architecture.
• Proven experience transforming engineering or R&D organisations, introducing structure, governance and quality.
• Proven track record in delivering advanced intralogistics automation and warehouse systems - must
• Ability to work in a project-driven, high-complexity environment without losing speed and pragmatism.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with sales, operations and service stakeholders.
• Fluency in German and English.
• Willingness to be onsite in Southern Germany several days per week.

A highly influential leadership role within a growing European automation group. The opportunity to build and shape the entire technology and engineering organisation. Direct impact on the company's product architecture, software maturity and long-term technical competitiveness. A dynamic and entrepreneurial environment backed by strong investment and clear strategic ambition.

Our client is a European intralogistics and automation group delivering advanced warehouse solutions across Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Poland. The organisation offers system integration for automated storage, mechatronics, controls, engineering and warehouse software, serving a customer base with complex, mission-critical operations.