Lead RF Engineer - Electronic Warfare

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.

About the Role

As an Lead RF Engineer - Electronic Warfare, you will own the delivery of our electronic warfare and signal intelligence systems - from concept to field deployment. You will work hand-in-hand with project managers and technical leads to translate mission needs into system-level designs, coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, and ensure overall system performance, robustness, and reliability. The capability to detect, investigate, and exploit system vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Electronic Warfare Team: Build, maintain and manage a cross disciplinary Electronic Warfare Engineering Team.
• Electronic Warfare Systems and Technology watch: Drive architecture and implementation of Electronic Warfare Systems. Ensure state of the art knowledge in EW/SIGINT.
• Technical Coordination: Lead cross-functional design across mechanical, electrical, software, GNC, and ML teams.
• Trade-Off & Design Analysis: Conduct feasibility studies, trade-off analyses, and system-level simulations to guide technical choices.
• Integration & Validation: Oversee system integration, prototyping, and validation, ensuring performance targets are achieved.
• System Reviews: Drive design and architecture reviews, maintaining consistency between requirements, design, and testing.
• Continuous Improvement: Implement processes to enhance requirements traceability, system documentation, and validation workflows.

Candidate Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in RF system engineering of Radio/Radar/GNSS and other Sensors within robotics, aerospace, or defense sectors.
• Experience in Technology leadership in EW/SIGINT is a strong plus
• Experience in Team leadership is a bonus, but not required
• MSc in Engineering; PhD is a plus.
• Proven experience leading full system lifecycles (concept → prototype → validation).
• Strong background in RF, GNSS and Radar system architecture, requirements engineering, and system level trade-off analysis.
• RF Signal Intelligence gathering and analysis for classification and AI training.
• Broad engineering culture with understanding of mechanical, electrical, and embedded systems.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and managing technical interfaces.
• Rigorous, structured, and mission-driven mindset with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.