Director of Engineering, UAS Development

About the role

Harmattan AI builds autonomous and scalable defense systems and is expanding its teams after a $200M Series B. As Director of Engineering for UAS Development, you will build and lead an engineering organisation from the ground up, owning the full technical chain and taking the system through qualification to series production.

Key responsibilities

• Build the engineering group, including hiring key engineering roles
• Act as project manager for the delivery of key milestones
• Own the full technical chain across airframe, propulsion, avionics, launcher and ground segment, through to flight test and trials
• Manage managers while staying close to the engineering, running regular design reviews across disciplines
• Develop a supplier base and engineering ecosystem

Required profile

• MSc in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical or a strongly related engineering field; a track record of building organisations outweighs the degree
• 10+ years of experience, with at least 4 in engineering management, having stood up or scaled an engineering site
• Proven track record of taking a hardware system through qualification to series production
• Background in UAV, autonomous systems or advanced robotics
• Credible across all disciplines in the group and able to take written positions on cross-module questions
• 100% commitment to the mission of building autonomous defence systems