Energetic Materials Scientist — NATO-Qualified Lab Expert

Harmattan AI; Vaud; Presencial; CHF 120.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. We seek an Energetic Materials Engineer to be the technical authority on energetic materials selection, testing and qualification for our warhead systems.

You will collaborate with systems, warhead and fuze engineers and external partners to ensure safe, compliant sourcing and qualification of energetics as we scale.

Formación

• Master's degree or PhD in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or a related field.
• Strong understanding of explosive materials, propellants and pyrotechnics, including explosive safety and hazardous materials handling.
• Hands-on experience with analytical techniques such as DSC, TGA, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy.
• Experience characterizing and evaluating materials in accordance with NATO qualification standards.
• Experience running qualification programs for materials used in pyrotechnic or energetic systems.
• Understanding of materials manufacturing processes and quality controls.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsabilidades

• Act as the internal reference on energetic materials chemistry, properties and compatibility to guide material selection.
• Baseline the energetic materials requirements and material inventory across our products.
• Evaluate chemical stability, ageing and environmental sensitivity to define safe-for-use, storage and operational requirements.
• Develop and oversee material qualification in line with NATO standards, internally and with external partners.
• Run hands-on material characterization and build the laboratory capability, in-house or through partners, to support it.
• Assess supplier specifications, process capability and quality requirements to ensure repeatability and traceability, and manage inspections and non-conformances.
• Support warhead and fuze engineers in sourcing and preparing materials for prototype testing, and report results to systems engineers.
• Build qualification frameworks and guidance for the wider team, and contribute to growing an internal materials team.

Conocimientos

Explosive materials

Propellants

Pyrotechnics

English fluency

Educación

Master's degree in Chemistry/Materials Science/Chemical Engineering

PhD in a related field

Herramientas

DSC

TGA

FTIR

Raman spectroscopy

Descripción del empleo

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. We seek an Energetic Materials Engineer to be the technical authority on energetic materials selection, testing and qualification for our warhead systems.

You will collaborate with systems, warhead and fuze engineers and external partners to ensure safe, compliant sourcing and qualification of energetics as we scale.