Senior Team Lead, Avionics & Flight Software
R&D
About the role
ABOUT US
Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.
Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.
Location: Rabat, Morocco - on site. Contract: Permanent, full time
ABOUT THE ROLE
As Senior Team Lead, Avionics & Flight Software, you will own the flight computer stack - from concept to flight. You will define the architecture, lead a cross-disciplinary team, and prove the design on real hardware in flight campaigns.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Avionics & Flight Software Team: Build, lead and grow a cross-disciplinary team across electronics, embedded software and GNC.
- Avionics: Drive architecture and implementation of flight controller electronics at MCU class, sensor selection and integration across IMU, GNSS, baro and magnetometer, and board bring-up.
- Embedded Software: Own the full software chain - drivers, BSP, firmware and release cycle - with the rigour required of safety-relevant systems.
- GNC: Drive control loops, sensor fusion and navigation for autonomous flight, validated on hardware and in the air.
- Trade-Off & Design Analysis: Settle the cost-versus-accuracy questions that define the architecture. Unit cost at production volume is a hard constraint on every choice.
- Technical Coordination: Lead cross-functional design with airframe, propulsion, ground segment and RF teams. Own the vehicle-side datalink integration.
- Integration & Validation: Own integration, prototyping, flight test support and qualification evidence, ensuring performance targets are met in real operating conditions.
- System Reviews: Drive design and arch…