Senior Certifications Officer at Harmattan AI (Paris, France)Senior Certifications Officer

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.

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.

Candidate 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.