Harmattan AI · Defence and security
Lead RF Engineer - Electronic Warfare
- Paris (On‑site)
- Full-time
Still open on Harmattan AI's site · checked 5 hours ago
- Level
- Lead or manager
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Master's degree
- Posted
What you'll do
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About the Role
As an Lead RF Engineer - Electronic Warfare, you will own the delivery of our electronic warfare and signal intelligence systems - from concept to field deployment. You will work hand-in-hand with project managers and technical leads to translate mission needs into system-level designs, coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, and ensure overall system performance, robustness, and reliability. The capability to detect, investigate, and exploit system vulnerabilities.
Responsibilities
Electronic Warfare Team: Build, maintain and manage a cross disciplinary Electronic Warfare Engineering Team.
Electronic Warfare Systems and Technology watch: Drive architecture and implementation of Electronic Warfare Systems. Ensure state of the art knowledge in EW/SIGINT.
Technical Coordination: Lead cross-functional design across mechanical, electrical, software, GNC, and ML teams.
Trade-Off & Design Analysis: Conduct feasibility studies, trade-off analyses, and system-level simulations to guide technical choices.
Integration & Validation: Oversee system integration, prototyping, and validation, ensuring performance targets are achieved.
System Reviews: Drive design and architecture reviews, maintaining consistency between requirements, design, and testing.
Continuous Improvement: Implement processes to enhance requirements traceability, system documentation, and validation workflows.
Requirements
Candidate Requirements
10+ years of experience in RF system engineering of Radio/Radar/GNSS and other Sensors within robotics, aerospace, or defense sectors.
Experience in Technology leadership in EW/SIGINT is a strong plus
Experience in Team leadership is a bonus, but not required
MSc in Engineering; PhD is a plus.
Proven experience leading full system lifecycles (concept → prototype → validation).
Strong background in RF, GNSS and Radar system architecture, requirements engineering, and system level trade-off analysis.
RF Signal Intelligence gathering and analysis for classification and AI training.
Broad engineering culture with understanding of mechanical, electrical, and embedded systems.
Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and managing technical interfaces.
Rigorous, structured, and mission-driven mindset with strong analytical skills.
Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.
Skills
Working languages
English
Company
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