Electrical Engineer (Launcher)

Paris. Posted a month ago

The role

A senior hardware engineer will own electronics design end-to-end for field-deployable drone launchers. This involves designing complex PCBs with power conversion, energy management, control, and communication interfaces.

What you will do

Design complete schematics for mixed-signal and power boards
Perform or lead board placement and routing
Define and validate power architecture and thermal strategy
Ensure electronics withstand outdoor deployment conditions
Select components and drive BOM cost reduction
Lead board bring-up and debug issues
Address EMC challenges and ensure electrical safety
Work with embedded software engineer to define interfaces
Ensure PCB integration into mechanical enclosures
Qualify manufacturers and support production transitions

Required qualifications

PCB schematic and layout design
Power electronics design: ~300 W DC/DC conversion, protection, derating, efficiency and thermal budgets
Thermal regulation: temperature sensing and control loops, battery storage temperature management, heatsinking
Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af/at/bt): combined power and data delivery, isolation, cable budgets
Mixed-signal design: power management, MCU interfaces, communication buses (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, CAN, Ethernet)
Hardware bring-up and debug: bench equipment proficiency
DFM/DFA for PCB manufacturing and assembly
Component selection and BOM management

Nice to have

Altium Designer
Direct experience of outdoor-deployed equipment
Experience in lightning and surge protection

About the company

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. The company is expanding its teams to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.