# Director of Engineering - RF Systems at Harmattan AI

Director of Engineering - RF Systems at Harmattan AI in Paris. On-site, full-time. Posted June 4, 2026.

- Company: Harmattan AI
- Location: Paris
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-06-04
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harmattan-ai/c85fd315-a392-4582-ae88-8080005448a1/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/director-of-engineering-rf-systems-harmattan-ai-ajmt92

## Requirements

- Educational Background: A strong academic record in Electrical Engineering, RF, Signal Processing, or a related technical field.
- Proven Leadership: Previous experience as an Individual Contributor (IC) who has successfully transitioned into a management role, allowing you to deeply understand the technical challenges your team faces.
- Experience: Direct experience leading radar, RF, electronic warfare, or RF navigation engineering teams in a defence prime or cleared-environment scale-up. You have led at least one programme through qualification under MIL-STD, NATO STANAG, or TEMPEST discipline. Fluent French and English required; active or recent cleared status (FR, NL, UK, or EU equivalent) is a strong plus.
- Technical Engagement: While this is a management-focused role, you should still possess a desire to "keep your hands dirty" and remain engaged with the technical aspects of the work.
- Soft Skills & Communication: Exceptional soft skills and communication abilities, with a "high-bar" for excellence and a natural ability to elevate those around them.
- Commitment: 100% dedication to Harmattan AI's mission of building autonomous defence systems and a readiness to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

## Description

### **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.

**About the Role  **As the Director of Engineering for RF Systems at Harmattan AI, you will act as a vital management layer between R&D modules and leadership, focusing on elevating our people and standardising our engineering excellence. This is a "hands-off" people management role designed to relieve pressure on senior leadership by building high-performing teams, improving internal tooling, and standardising work processes across the company without sacrificing execution speed. You will be a visionary partner to our leadership, contributing to organisational structure and the long-term technical vision. In this role, you will lead our RF Systems teams in Paris — covering radar, radio, and electronic warfare. This is research-heavy, defence-critical engineering at the boundary of physics and product, operating under cleared-environment constraints that differ from commercial work.

**Responsibilities**

- **People Management & Mentorship: **Act as a dedicated people manager for engineers, overseeing performance reviews, career growth, and training initiatives.

- **Recruitment: **Own the recruitment process as the number one priority, building and maintaining an effective engineering team to meet our ambitious growth plans in a scarce, cleared-defence RF and EW talent market.

- **Process Standardisation: **Develop and implement standardised work processes across radar, radio, EW, and signal-processing teams to ensure high-quality output and consistency.

- **Engineering Infrastructure: **Audit and improve internal tooling—deciding between off-the-shelf and custom solutions—to ensure engineers have the best resources to succeed.

- **Organisational Strategy: **Contribute to the organisational structure by reorganising modules and initiating changes to optimise cross-functional (XFN) delivery.

- **Vision & Execution: **Collaborate with leadership to build the company vision, bringing fresh ideas to the table rather than just executing existing plans.

**Candidate Requirements**

- **Educational Background: **A strong academic record in Electrical Engineering, RF, Signal Processing, or a related technical field.

- **Proven Leadership: **Previous experience as an Individual Contributor (IC) who has successfully transitioned into a management role, allowing you to deeply understand the technical challenges your team faces.

- **Experience: **Direct experience leading radar, RF, electronic warfare, or RF navigation engineering teams in a defence prime or cleared-environment scale-up. You have led at least one programme through qualification under MIL-STD, NATO STANAG, or TEMPEST discipline. Fluent French and English required; active or recent cleared status (FR, NL, UK, or EU equivalent) is a strong plus.

- **Technical Engagement: **While this is a management-focused role, you should still possess a desire to "keep your hands dirty" and remain engaged with the technical aspects of the work.

- **Soft Skills & Communication: **Exceptional soft skills and communication abilities, with a "high-bar" for excellence and a natural ability to elevate those around them.

- **Commitment: **100% dedication to Harmattan AI's mission of building autonomous defence systems and a readiness to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.