Electrical Engineer (Ground Control System)

The role

This person will own electronics design end-to-end for the GCS module. They will design ruggedised drone controllers and long-range RF systems including PCBs with RF modules, microcontrollers, power management, and communication interfaces.

What you will do

• Design complete schematics for mixed-signal and RF boards
• Perform or lead board placement and routing
• Select components and drive BOM cost reduction
• Lead board bring-up and debug issues with bench equipment
• Address EMC challenges and ensure RF performance
• Work with embedded software engineer to define interfaces
• Ensure PCB integration into mechanical enclosures
• Qualify PCB manufacturers and assembly houses
• Maintain schematics, layout files, test procedures, and hardware specifications

Required qualifications

• PCB schematic and layout design
• RF PCB design: controlled impedance, antenna matching, EMC management
• Mixed-signal design: power management, MCU interfaces, communication buses (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, CAN)
• 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 preferred

About the company

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