{"id":303,"date":"2026-09-26T02:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:10:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"electrical-engineer-launcher-signal-processing-engineer-rf-processing-analytics-ede31","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/poste\/electrical-engineer-launcher-signal-processing-engineer-rf-processing-analytics-ede31\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrical Engineer (Launcher)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harmattan AI is developing new hardware products within the Launcher module: field-deployable drone launchers designed to be deployed and operated autonomously in demanding field environments. These products require dedicated electronics design with complex architecture in a constrained environment \u2013 PCBs integrating power conversion, energy management, control and communication interfaces \u2013 optimised for cost at volume. The Launcher team is seeking a dedicated hardware engineer to own electronics design end-to-end and accelerate the path to production milestones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideal candidate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A senior hardware engineer who has designed and shipped complex PCBs, ideally mixing digital and significant power (hundreds of watts), into production. They are rigorous on schematics, layout, and bring-up, and have a strong instinct for cost and manufacturability. They design with real-world operating conditions in mind &#8211; temperature, moisture, surges &#8211; and an interest in battery thermal management; direct experience of outdoor-deployed equipment is a plus rather than a prerequisite. They are comfortable working autonomously in a small team and can bridge hardware and firmware.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills required<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">PCB schematic and layout design (Altium Designer preferred)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Power electronics design: ~300 W DC\/DC conversion, protection, derating, efficiency and thermal budgets<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Thermal regulation: temperature sensing and control loops, battery storage temperature management, heatsinking<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af\/at\/bt): combined power and data delivery, isolation, cable budgets<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Mixed-signal design: power management, MCU interfaces, communication buses (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, CAN, Ethernet)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Hardware bring-up and debug: bench equipment proficiency<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">DFM\/DFA for PCB manufacturing and assembly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Component selection and BOM management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience in lightning and surge protection is a plus<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Schematic Design &#8211; Design complete schematics for mixed-signal and power boards, from power stages to digital and communication sections.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">PCB Layout &amp; Routing &#8211; Perform or lead board placement and routing with attention to signal integrity, EMC, and power-path constraints.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Power &amp; Thermal Architecture &#8211; Define and validate the power architecture of the product and the thermal strategy, including battery temperature management.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Environmental Robustness &#8211; Ensure the electronics withstand outdoor deployment conditions and define the associated qualification plan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Component Selection &amp; BOM Optimization &#8211; Select components with cost, availability, and reliability in mind; drive BOM cost reduction for mass production volumes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Hardware Bring-up &amp; Debug &#8211; Lead board bring-up, debug issues with oscilloscopes, power bench equipment, and other bench equipment; write bring-up scripts when needed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">EMC &amp; Safety Compliance &#8211; Address EMC challenges; ensure signal integrity across the board and electrical safety of the power and battery sections.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Collaboration with Embedded SW &#8211; Work closely with the embedded software engineer to define hardware\/software interfaces; support firmware bring-up.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Collaboration with Mechanical &#8211; Ensure seamless PCB integration into mechanical enclosures (connectors, mounting, thermal, sealing, shielding).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Supplier &amp; Manufacturing Ramp-up &#8211; Qualify PCB manufacturers and assembly houses; support DFM\/DFA review for production; manage NPI transitions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Documentation &#8211; Maintain schematics, layout files, test procedures, and hardware specifications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">\n<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.<\/p>\n<p>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arbeitnow.fr\">Jobs in France<\/a> on Arbeitnow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_promoted":"","_job_location":"Paris","_application":"https:\/\/www.arbeitnow.fr\/jobs\/companies\/signal-processing-engineer-rf-processing-analytics\/electrical-engineer-launcher-paris-144408","_company_name":"Signal Processing Engineer (RF Processing & Analytics)","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-categories":[],"job-types":[6],"class_list":["post-303","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","hentry","job-type-full-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=303"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}