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Harmattan AI

Director of Engineering, UAS Development

Rabat

CDI / Temps pleinSur siteMaster / Bac+5Anglais, FrançaisInformatique / IngénierieAéronautique

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Résumé par Postule AI

Founding Director of Engineering role leading UAS development at Harmattan AI in Rabat, Morocco. Build and lead a new 50-person engineering organisation across six modules from the ground up, owning the full technical chain from airframe to ground segment through qualification and series production. Requires 10+ years experience with 4+ in engineering management, proven track record scaling engineering sites, and credibility across aerospace/defence disciplines.

Vos missions

  • Build and staff the engineering organisation from opening office to full capacity while maintaining high hiring standards
  • Own the complete technical chain across airframe, propulsion, avionics, launcher, ground segment and flight trials
  • Deliver fixed contractual milestones by setting programme-driven operating cadence and managing cross-discipline design reviews
  • Develop local supplier base and engineering ecosystem to sustain sovereign capability
  • Manage managers and calibrate leadership layer while maintaining technical credibility across all five disciplines

Profil recherché

  • You have 10+ years experience with at least 4 years in engineering management and have scaled an engineering site
  • You have taken hardware systems through qualification and series production under defence contracts
  • You have background in UAV, autonomous systems, or advanced robotics and remain credible across multiple disciplines
  • You are committed to 100% on-site presence in Rabat with ability to travel regularly to Paris and Lausanne

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About Harmattan AI

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following a $200M Series B funding round valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.

We operate with clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence, setting ambitious goals, and tackling the hardest technical challenges in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.

About the Role

As Director of Engineering for UAS Development, you will build and lead a new engineering organisation from the ground up in Rabat, Morocco. This is a founding role: the site opens this year, the leadership layer does not exist yet, and you will help hire it. You will lead six engineering modules with approximately 50 collaborators on a sovereign capability engineered locally from first principles.

You will own the full technical chain, take the system through qualification and into series production against a fixed contractual calendar, and build the local supplier base and engineering ecosystem. You will report directly to the VP Engineering with regular exposure to CTOs, the General Manager Morocco, and the customer.

Key Responsibilities

  • Stand up the engineering group from an opening office and reach full staffing at pace without lowering standards
  • Hold a fixed milestone calendar where dates are contractual and set an operating cadence built around programme delivery
  • Own the full technical chain across airframe, propulsion, avionics, launcher, ground segment, flight test and trials
  • Manage managers while staying close to engineering; run design and programme reviews across five disciplines and calibrate the leadership layer
  • Develop the local supplier base and entity operations in the first year
  • Work directly with General Manager, Chief Engineer, programme management, CTOs and customer on milestone relationships

Required Qualifications

  • Education: MSc in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical or strongly related engineering field (track record of building organisations can outweigh degree)
  • Leadership: Engineer who moved into management and then managing managers, with at least four direct reports who were themselves leads
  • Experience: 10+ years total, with at least 4 in engineering management; have stood up or materially scaled an engineering site including local hiring at pace
  • Programme Track Record: Taken hardware systems through qualification and into series production against fixed contractual milestones, ideally under defence customer; background in UAV, autonomous systems or advanced robotics
  • Technical Credibility: Remain credible across every discipline without claiming depth in any; take written positions on cross-module questions
  • Commitment: 100% dedication to Harmattan AI's mission, on-site in Rabat with regular travel to Paris and Lausanne

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