Senior Certifications Officer

Harmattan AI; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Harmattan AI, based in Paris, is seeking a dedicated individual to lead compliance and certification campaigns across their drone hardware portfolio. Applicants should have 8 to 15 years of experience in product compliance, ideally from the UAV industry, and a strong technical writing skill.

The successful candidate will manage the compliance roadmap, work with testing labs, and ensure regulatory standards are met. Proficiency in English is required, and French fluency is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• 8 to 15 years in product compliance and certification at a hardware scale-up.
• Hands-on experience with the Radio Equipment Directive (RED).
• Experience shipping 2 to 3 multi-radio hardware products through certification.

Responsabilités

• Own the compliance and certification roadmap across the hardware portfolio.
• Determine applicable directives and standards for each product.
• Manage accredited test labs and notified bodies.

Connaissances

Product compliance and certification experience

Strong technical writing skills

Programme-management mindset

English fluency

French fluency preferred

Outils

TÜV

UL

Intertek

Element

Eurofins

SGS

Description du poste

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.

Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.

About the Role

As Harmattan AI scales we need a dedicated owner to run civil compliance and certification campaigns end-to-end across our drone hardware portfolio. This is the single point of accountability for "can we legally ship this product in this market" - and the person who will build and lead the Certification function as the portfolio grows.

Responsibilities

• Own the consumer electronics and radio product compliance and certification roadmap end-to-end across the HAI hardware portfolio
• Regulatory scoping: determine which directives, standards, and authorities apply per product variant and per target market
• Plan, select, and manage accredited test labs (TÜV, UL, Intertek, Element, Eurofins, SGS) and notified bodies
• Author and own evidence packages and technical files, and sign off on Declarations of Conformity
• Run ongoing surveillance and change-impact assessments across the portfolio
• Flag compliance issues early in design reviews and elevate risks before they become blockers
• Partner daily with the UAS Engineering, RF Systems, Engineering Infrastructure, and Flight Test & Validation teams, and hand the certified design to Production & Industrialisation for conformity in manufacturing

Candidate Requirements

• 8 to 15 years in product compliance and certification at a hardware scale‑up, ideally at a commercial drone or UAV company.
• Direct, hands‑on experience with the Radio Equipment Directive (RED), EMC Directive, Low Voltage Directive, and Machinery Directive and their harmonised standards (EN 301 489, EN 300 328, EN 62368‑1, EN ISO 12100, EN IEC 62311, and similar)
• FCC Part 15 and Part 90/95 experience where applicable
• Proven track record of managing accredited‑lab and notified‑body relationships directly (TÜV, UL, Intertek, Element, Eurofins, SGS)
• Strong technical writer - the evidence package is the deliverable
• Programme‑management mindset: able to track dozens of parallel workstreams, predict where each will land, and elevate before issue arises
• Demonstrable experience shipping 2 to 3 multi-radio hardware products through full certification and able to speak to the specific standards, the test failures encountered, and how they were resolved
• English fluency required; French strongly preferred
• Defense airworthiness exposure is a plus, with room to grow into that scope as the roadmap develops

We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.