Harmattan AI
Senior Certifications Officer
3w ago
EuropeSeniorcertificationcomplianceproject management
Lead the compliance and certification initiatives for the hardware product portfolio across multiple international markets ensuring mission-ready status.
About the company
- 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.
Responsibilities
- As we rapidly expand our engineering teams, we are simultaneously driving our hardware portfolio toward critical deployment and mission-ready status. As the primary stakeholder for civil product compliance, you will maintain total ownership over the certification of our entire hardware stack. This high-impact position demands a hands-on approach and deep cross-functional collaboration to ensure commercial success. You will spearhead end-to-end certification initiatives across EU, US, UK and Canadian markets, partnering with RF, engineering and testing teams in Paris and Lausanne.
- Own the compliance and certification roadmap Determine which directives, standards and authorities apply per product variant and per target market. Maintain a live roadmap back-calculated from delivery milestones and keep it current as the portfolio evolves.
- Run test campaigns end-to-end Define test scopes, book and manage accredited laboratories, review setups on-site, and interpret emission and RF test results. Cover CE marking (RED, LVD, EMC), FCC, UKCA, IC ISED, RoHS/REACH and UN 38.3 battery transport requirements. Where a product fails, diagnose the cause and drive engineering to implement the necessary fix.
- Build and maintain technical documentation Author technical files, test evidence packages and declarations of conformity. Establish a documentation framework that scales with the product portfolio and holds up to regulatory audit.
- Embed compliance into engineering workflows Attend design reviews to catch regulatory issues early. Work daily with mechanical, electronics and RF engineering teams - serving as the go-to compliance authority across the organisation, not a gatekeeper at the end of the process.
- Maintain ongoing regulatory compliance Run change-impact assessments as designs evolve. Manage relationships with notified bodies and regulatory agencies. Keep surveillance processes robust across the entire hardware lifecycle.
Requirements
- 5+ years in product compliance and certification at a hardware company, with at least two to three full product lifecycle completions from initial scoping through to declaration of conformity.
- Solid knowledge of FCC and CE marking requirements, with hands-on experience managing radio frequency emission testing and interpreting results.
- Experience with the Radio Equipment Directive (RED), EMC Directive and Low Voltage Directive and their harmonised standards.
- Proven track record managing accredited laboratories and notified body relationships directly.
- Project management mindset: able to track multiple parallel workstreams, anticipate where each will land and prevent issues before they become blockers.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Nice to have:
- Electrical engineering background.
- Experience with UKCA, IC ISED, RoHS/REACH or UN 38.3 battery transport certification
- Background in UAS, drone hardware, aerospace or defense programmes.
- Defense airworthiness exposure (EMAR, STANAG) - room to grow as the roadmap develops.
- We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.