Senior Avionics & Flight Software Lead — Autonomous Flight

Harmattan AI; France; Sur place; EUR 32 000 - 46 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Harmattan AI is seeking a Senior Team Lead, Avionics & Flight Software in Rabat (on-site). You will own the flight computer stack from concept to flight, define architecture, and lead a cross-functional team spanning electronics, embedded software and GNC to ensure safe, production-ready solutions.

You will drive architecture decisions, coordinate with airframe, propulsion, ground segment and RF teams, and validate designs on real hardware through flight campaigns, with a focus on reducing unit

Qualifications

• 5+ years in embedded systems, avionics or flight software engineering within defense, aerospace or robotics, including experience leading or coordinating engineers.
• MSc in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Aerospace, Robotics or a closely related field. A track record of building will outweigh the degree.
• At least one product taken from concept to production — flight controller, autopilot or comparable embedded control system — ideally one where unit cost was a hard design constraint.
• Owner and generalist. You take the whole stack — electronics, firmware and GNC — rather than a slice of it.
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on and comfortable a long way from headquarters. You design from first principles, take local decisions and defend them, and stay rigorous on anything touching the safety case.

Responsabilités

• Avionics & Flight Software Team: Build, lead and grow a cross-disciplinary team across electronics, embedded software and GNC.
• Avionics: Drive architecture and implementation of flight controller electronics at MCU class, sensor selection and integration across IMU, GNSS, baro and magnetometer, and board bring-up.
• Embedded Software: Own the full software chain — drivers, BSP, firmware and release cycle — with the rigour required of safety-relevant systems.
• GNC: Drive control loops, sensor fusion and navigation for autonomous flight, validated on hardware and in the air.
• Trade-Off & Design Analysis: Settle the cost-versus-accuracy questions that define the architecture. Unit cost at production volume is a hard constraint on every choice.
• Technical Coordination: Lead cross-functional design with airframe, propulsion, ground segment and RF teams. Own the vehicle-side datalink integration.
• Integration & Validation: Own integration, prototyping, flight test support and qualification evidence, ensuring performance targets are met in real operating conditions.
• System Reviews: Drive design and architecture reviews, maintaining consistency between requirements, design and testing.

Connaissances

Embedded systems

Avionics

Flight software

Leadership

System integration

Formation

MSc in Electrical Engineering / Embedded Systems / Aerospace / Robotics

Outils

C/C++

RTOS

Hardware-in-the-loop

DO-178C awareness

Description du poste

Harmattan AI is seeking a Senior Team Lead, Avionics & Flight Software in Rabat (on-site). You will own the flight computer stack from concept to flight, define architecture, and lead a cross-functional team spanning electronics, embedded software and GNC to ensure safe, production-ready solutions.

You will drive architecture decisions, coordinate with airframe, propulsion, ground segment and RF teams, and validate designs on real hardware through flight campaigns, with a focus on reducing unit