System Architect

Harmattan AI

Paris, France

About the Role

As a System Architect, you will own the end-to-end architecture, system definition, and strategic implementation for our entire portfolio of robotic systems, from long-term vision to field deployment, collaborating closely with executive leadership and technical leads, and forming a critical partnership with the Product Manager to ensure efficiency; this pivotal role drives strategic programs like Anti-drone warfare, ISR and strike systems, Equipment fusion (especially aeronautics), or C2 and IA.

Responsibilities

System-of-Systems Design & Strategy: Translate complex strategic goals into global, system-of-systems designs, defining and championing the overall system architecture strategy across the enterprise.
Architectural Sizing & Verification: Ensure all systems meet defined needs and are correctly sized through rigorous verification of scope, complex system-of-systems simulations, and precise system sizing, guiding major technical investments.
Coordination and Technical Leadership: Coordinate large multidisciplinary engineering organizations, providing overarching technical leadership across cross-functional design efforts (mechanical, electrical, software, GNC, ML, product), ensuring long-term performance, robustness, and strategic reliability across the enterprise.
Specification & Integration Governance: Govern system integration standards and validation processes, contributing to the complex process of specification management by ensuring all architectural prerequisites are met and driving multi-system architecture reviews for enterprise design consistency.
Continuous Improvement: Implement and institutionalize processes to enhance requirements traceability, system documentation standards, and validation workflows across the entire engineering organization.

Candidate Requirements

10+ years of experience in system engineering or architecture, with significant time in a senior or lead role;
MSc in Engineering (any field); PhD is a plus;
Specific Domain: Experience in the defense sector is mandatory, and drones are a big plus;
Strong knowledge in one of those specializations:
- C2 (Command and Control) & AI;
- ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance);
- Strike UAV, loitering munitions;
- Anti-drone warfare;
- UAV equipments & fusion.
Expert in defining and leading the full lifecycle of complex, multi-system and system-of-systems architectures;
Strategic, analytical, and mission-driven with expertise in strategic requirements engineering and high-level trade-off analysis;
Deep engineering understanding across mechanical, electrical, embedded, and enterprise software systems;
Experience coordinating large, multi-disciplinary engineering organizations and managing complex technical/strategic interfaces;
Exceptional communication, presentation, and technical documentation skills for both technical and executive audiences.