Jobs at Harmattan AI

Serve as the primary customer-facing program manager for EMEA defense customers, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, on-spec delivery, contractual compliance, risk and crisis management, invoicing at milestones, and removal of program-level blockers while aligning centralized product policies with local constraints.

Support deployment and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes at a greenfield drone production plant. Implement lean tools, conduct time studies, write work instructions, support Odoo MES routings, and contribute to line design, kaizen actions, and automation prioritisation.

Lead end-to-end system architecture for multi-system robotic defense platforms. Define system-of-systems designs, verify sizing via simulations, govern integration and specifications, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and institutionalize validation and documentation processes.

Lead the ISR & Strike product line end-to-end: define strategy and roadmap, manage contracts, oversee program and production execution, ensure compliance, mitigate risks, own financials, and manage a team of program/product managers and system architects to deliver complex defense systems.

Design and build industrial-grade ground control station software: implement core GCS features (flight planning, airspace awareness, live video), integrate with autopilot hardware, follow agile sprints, own architecture and testing, and mentor junior engineers for team growth.

Plan and run real-world flight test campaigns, lead live flight demonstrations, train end-users, support hardware/software debugging, and deploy autonomous systems including C2 and RF integration for mission readiness.

Design and implement high-precision PNT/navigation solutions using tightly-coupled IMU/GNSS filtering and multi-sensor fusion. Develop resilience to GNSS degradation, jamming and spoofing, design tests and simulations, validate performance, and coordinate across hardware, software, EW and ML teams while maintaining documentation and requirements traceability.

Design, assemble, and commission robotics and automation cells on a mixed-model assembly line. Integrate robots, sensors, and PLCs; manage integrators and suppliers from RFQ through FAT/SAT; monitor cell performance, drive OEE improvements, and iterate on automation during production ramp-up.

Lead Harmattan AI's U.S. manufacturing strategy, manage industrial partnerships, ensure production quality, and drive process improvements in a dynamic environment.

Lead and manage Mission Intelligence engineering teams across Lausanne and Paris. Own recruitment, people management, career development, and process standardisation. Improve engineering tooling and infrastructure, shape organisational structure and long-term technical vision, and ensure delivery of production-grade multi-agent, scene-understanding, and mission-planning AI systems.

Design and implement onboard motion planning, trajectory generation, and guidance laws for high-speed autonomous aircraft. Integrate perception and estimator inputs, handle latency/dropout, develop failsafe modes, validate in simulation and flight tests (SITL/HITL), and mentor junior engineers.

Design and tune control laws, perform system identification from flight data, keep simulators faithful for sim-to-real transfer, consume aerodynamic models into controllers, verify via SITL/HITL and flight tests, run Monte Carlo campaigns, and mentor junior control/GNC engineers.

Lead system architecture, definition, and implementation for robotic systems. Translate mission requirements, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, perform trade-off analyses and simulations, oversee integration, prototyping, validation, and system reviews, and improve requirements traceability and validation workflows to ensure robust field deployments.

Develop and maintain embedded software for UAV systems: OS configuration, firmware and driver development, sensor integration, telemetry, tooling, and cross-team collaboration to deliver reliable field-deployable systems.

Develop and maintain hardware motor test benches and Python tools for propulsion testing, data analysis, and visualization. Execute motor tests, upload results to cloud, author technical reports, and advise platform design teams on propulsion solutions. Ensure tools are robust and user-friendly for wider teams.

Design and implement guidance, navigation, and control systems for UAVs, including sensor fusion, estimation, and control laws. Build and run simulations (Monte Carlo, SITL, HITL), integrate GNSS/INS/IMU systems, analyze flight test data, and maintain flight computers across UAV platforms.

Design and develop high-performance embedded electronic boards and SoMs for UAVs. Perform schematic capture, board placement/routing, EMC and signal-integrity mitigation, sensor and physical integration, troubleshooting, and validation. Collaborate with Mechanical and GNC teams to ensure reliable integration and operational performance.

The Product Owner Intern will gather requirements, write technical documentation, manage the product backlog, track development progress, and ensure quality deliverables.

Distill and compress large vision foundation models into efficient detectors and re-identification modules for constrained edge and embedded hardware. Optimize models (quantization, pruning, LoRA), build and maintain MLOps training/evaluation pipelines, curate datasets, benchmark latency/performance, and collaborate with systems and mission teams to deploy robust solutions.

The Director of Engineering for RF Systems will manage teams, standardize processes, oversee recruitment, and collaborate with leadership to develop the technical vision for defense technologies.