Senior Team Lead, Launcher & Ground Segment
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, Launcher & Ground Segment, you will own everything on the development of our systems related to the ground - from concept to field deployment. You will define the architecture of our systems, lead a cross-disciplinary team across mechanical, electrical and software, and prove the design at the trials site.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Launcher & Ground Segment Team: Build, lead and grow a cross-disciplinary engineering team spanning mechanical, electrical and software.
- Launcher & Ground Segment Systems: Drive architecture and implementation of launch structures, transport and handling, launch power, electronics and harness, launch control software, and the interface into the command-and-control stack.
- Hands-On Delivery: Personally deliver mechanical design and electronics bring-up until the team is in place. You build before you delegate.
- Technical Coordination: Lead cross-functional design across internal teams. Arbitrate when mechanical, electrical and software disagree, and make the decision hold.
- Trade-Off & Design Analysis: Conduct feasibility studies, trade-off analyses and system-level assessments to settle open architecture questions and guide technical choices.
- Integration & Validation: Own integration, prototyping, qualification and field campaigns, ensuring performance targets are met in real operating conditions.
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