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Design Release Engineer

Harmattan AI· R&D
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LausanneFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Design Release Manager to bridge concept to manufacturing for composite airframe structures, owning the manufacturing dossier and gate-based product transfer to manufacturing within Harmattan AI's Airframe Team in Lausanne.

Responsibilities

  • Manufacturing Dossier Ownership: Own and maintain the complete transfer package for your designated airframe module, including controlled drawing packages, bill of materials structures, material and finish specifications, critical characteristics, and acceptance criteria.
  • Design Loop Integration: Collaborate directly with mechanical design engineers early in the design phase to optimize composite layups, bonded joints, tooling interfaces, and tolerance stack-ups while design changes are still fast and low cost.
  • Transfer Gate & Release Authority: Serve as the final authority on product release packages, evaluating transfer readiness against gate standards before handing hardware over to manufacturing operations.
  • Disposition & Configuration Management: Manage engineering change orders and serve as the single technical contact for drawing dispositions, non-conformance reviews, and design clarification requests from the production line.
  • Supplier & Manufacturing Alignment: Work closely with production operations and external suppliers to evaluate manufacturing constraints for composite structures and precision assemblies.
  • Feedback & Continuous Improvement: Analyze initial production build data and floor feedback to refine manufacturing dossiers and update gate standards for future design iterations.

Qualifications

  • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
  • Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance Analysis: Practical mastery of applying GD&T with intent, performing tolerance stack-up analyses, and defining clear acceptance criteria.
  • Composite Structures & Manufacturing: Strong working knowledge of composite materials, layup sequences, tooling limitations, cure cycles, and bonded structural joints.
  • Drawing & Package Control: Proven experience owning released drawing packages, managing structured bill of materials, and running engineering change order workflows.
  • Early Stage Execution: Demonstrated success integrating manufacturing and assembly principles directly into active design reviews rather than conducting post-design audits.
  • Language Skills: Professional proficiency in both English and French to work fluidly across design engineering and French-speaking production teams.

Skills

Required:GD&T and tolerance analysisComposite structures and manufacturingDrawing & package controlEarly stage design-for-manufacturing collaborationLanguages

Benefits

  • Direct ownership in defining the release and manufacturing transfer standards for high-performance defense airframes.
  • Active collaboration with design engineers early in the development cycle where engineering decisions carry high leverage.
  • High-visibility technical impact across fast-scaling, hardware-centric production programs.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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