Field Deployment Engineer Lead at Harmattan AI (Rabat, Morocco)
Harmattan AI· Rabat, Morocco·
Role details
Harmattan AI at a glance
France's first defense-tech unicorn, building attritable AI-piloted strike, interception, and ISR drones for allied militaries.
Harmattan AI is a vertically integrated defense prime building autonomous drone systems for allied militaries. It designs the full stack, from airframes and payloads to embedded compute and the autonomy algorithms that let drones sense, decide, and act at the edge without GPS or a network link, coordinated across a swarm by its mission-orchestration layer.
$242M raised · latest: Series B · $200M · January 2026 · backed by Dassault Aviation, FirstMark Capital, Atlantic, Motier Ventures
Summary
Lead on-site deployment of advanced defense systems, managing a team of engineers and serving as the senior technical authority. Responsibilities include system commissioning, customer training, troubleshooting, and ensuring operational readiness in high-stakes environments.
Job description
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 Field Deployment Lead, you are the senior technical authority on-site for the deployment of our advanced technology systems. You own end-to-end system functionality across hardware and software, lead a team of deployment engineers, and serve as the primary expert operator and trainer — driving customer teams to full operational autonomy. This role combines deep technical ownership with field leadership and a direct customer-facing responsibility in high-stakes environments.
Responsibilities
- Deployment Leadership: Lead on-site deployment of technical systems — including core hardware units, ground infrastructure, and control software — from site survey through customer acceptance.
- Technical Authority: Own end-to-end system functionality in the field across hardware and software layers; serve as the senior escalation point for technical issues.
- Team Management: Guide and coordinate a team of Field Deployment Engineers; ensure execution quality, task allocation, and team development on-site.
- Commissioning & Acceptance: Oversee system configuration, testing, and validation; own the acceptance process through to customer sign-off.
- Operator Training: Deliver expert-level training to customer teams on system operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting — driving autonomy and operational readiness.
- Troubleshooting & Escalation: Diagnose and resolve complex hardware, software, and integration issues in the field; escalate unresolved blockers with structured documentation.
- Cross-functional Coordination: Act as the primary field interface with engineering, programme, and product teams; relay field findings to support iteration and improvement.
- Documentation: Produce rigorous deployment, acceptance, and training documentation; maintain structured records of site configurations, issues, and resolutions.
Candidate Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in field deployment, systems integration, or technical commissioning on enterprise-grade or complex electronics systems.
- Demonstrated experience leading a team of engineers in field or operational environments.
- Hands-on experience with hardware/software integration in operational environments — experience with complex integrated sensing or control systems is a strong plus.
- Strong systems-level understanding: ability to troubleshoot and own resolution across hardware, software, and connectivity layers.
- Proven ability to train and bring customer teams — including technical end-users — to operational autonomy on complex systems.
- High degree of field autonomy and composure in high-stakes, time-sensitive environments.
- Detail-oriented with strong documentation and organisational skills.
- Comfortable with a dynamic schedule requiring frequent international presence.
- Fluency in English required; French and Arabic is a plus.
We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.
Why work at Harmattan AI
- Culture: “Elite builders” who “thrive on complexity, move with urgency, and own their work end to end.” Emphasis on purpose, technical excellence, and real‑world impact. harmattan.ai
- Values: Tackle the hardest problems, build what matters, move at the speed of relevance, and aim to redefine frontiers. harmattan.ai
- Work policy: Hybrid model with a mix of remote and on‑site; many roles are in‑office at locations in Paris, Lausanne, London, Arlington (TX), Wissous, Poland, UAE, and Morocco. builtin.com
- Engineering culture: Hands‑on development of mission‑critical autonomous systems; strong R&D focus across AI, computer vision, RF hardware, propulsion, and mission planning.
- Perks: Not explicitly listed, but the company highlights the opportunity to protect front‑line personnel and shape the future of autonomous defence.