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Warhead Engineering Team

Harmattan AI· R&D
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Paris, Lausanne, RabatFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead technical authority for all warhead developments, arbitrate design trade-offs across energetics, safety and arming, mechanical integration and testing; interface with program, product, operations, and customer stakeholders; shape engineering standards, supplier base, and development approach to enable rapid warhead design, qualification, manufacturing, and scaling.

Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership: Own the warhead architecture and design trade-offs across all developments; arbitrate technical decisions between energetics, electronics & safety, mechanical, and test disciplines, from requirement to manufactured product; define engineering standards and design review practices.
  • Supply Chain Design: Define and build the warhead supply chain (energetic materials, loading, machining, test capacity) with scalability as a design requirement from day one.
  • Program Interface: Act as the warhead authority towards program, product and customers; translate mission and effectiveness requirements into warhead specifications and development plans.
  • Development Oversight: Drive developments from concept through design, testing, qualification and industrialization on cycles measured in days and months; manage timelines, risks and technical maturity at each milestone.
  • Compliance and Safety: Ensure compliance with pyrotechnic regulations of customers’ countries and applicable NATO safety and qualification standards (MIL-STD, STANAG) throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Ecosystem Relations: Build and manage relationships with test centers, energetic materials suppliers and industrial partners.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Energetics, Physics or related field, with at least 10 years of experience in warhead or munitions development.
  • Deep knowledge of the munitions ecosystem: e.g. DGA, prime contractors, state test centers and applicable regulatory framework.
  • Proven track record of leading warhead or munitions developments through qualification and into serial production.
  • Strong knowledge of NATO safety and qualification standards (MIL-STD, STANAG) for munitions.
  • Experience across several warhead architectures highly desirable.
  • Demonstrated ability to arbitrate complex technical trade-offs under schedule pressure and defend decisions towards programs and customers.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills, with experience building or managing engineering teams.
  • Eligibility for French national security clearance.

Skills

Required:Warhead architecture and design trade-offsRegulatory compliance (MIL-STD, STANAG)Project leadership
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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