Harmattan AI

Defense

PowerElectronicsEngineer-Senior

$125–165k ~AI est. Lausanne, Switzerland FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Power Electronics Engineer - Senior at Harmattan AI. Skills: Power electronics, Motor controller design, PCBA layout, EMI/EMC engineering. Lead motor-controller topology. Lead DC-DC topology”

Industry & Context.

Defense
Problems you'll solve

Root-cause debug; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, 5+ years R&D experience, 5+ years motor drives experience, 5+ years BLDC/PMSM controllers experience, 5+ years high-power-density power electronics experience, Mastery of MOSFET commutation design, Ownership of motor-controller PCBA shipped, Fluency in LTspice, PLECS, or Simulink, Fluency in Altium or KiCad, Strong intuition for EMI/EMC design, Lab-bench discipline, Comfort with scale-up iteration speed, Comfort with end-to-end ownership, English fluent

Nice to Have

French language skills, GaN experience, SiC experience, Safety-critical design exposure, Applied control theory implemented in hardware, Defense programs exposure, Aerospace programs exposure, UAS programmes exposure

What You'll Do.

Lead motor-controller topology

Translate mission constraints

Own analog switching design

Trade-off switching-loss vs EMI vs thermal

Deploy full simulation stack

Design three-phase inverters

Design FOC-aware hardware interfaces

Lead schematic design

Engineer thermal from revision 1

Engineer parasitics from revision 1

Engineer EMC from revision 1

Drive EMI pre-compliance

Drive root-cause debug

Take PCBAs through revision discipline

Take PCBAs through DFM

Take PCBAs through qualification

Close loop on field returns

Execute bench characterization

Reconcile lab against simulation

Partner on FOC tuning

Partner on current-sense calibration

Partner on hardware/firmware compensation boundary

Set bar via design-decision records

Set bar via reference designs

Mentor junior engineers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Unblock embedded teams; Unblock propulsion teams; Unblock airframe teams; Partner with embedded; Partner with propulsion

Process & Methodology

Revision discipline

Full 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 Power electronics are the bottleneck on every next-generation UAS airframe we build: motor controllers, gate drivers, and DC-DC stages are what define flight time, payload, thermal envelope, and field reliability. We're looking for a senior IC to own the analog power chain end-to-end across our UXV platforms: from MOSFET commutation simulation through PCB layout to lab validation. You will be the technical reference on power electronics inside our Lausanne engineering hub, unblocking propulsion, airframe, and embedded teams in parallel as we scale from prototype cadence to multi-platform deployment. This is a builder role, not a research seat. You ship hardware. Responsibilities - Power Stage Architecture: Lead motor-controller and DC-DC topology across fixed-wing, multicopter, and hybrid UXV platforms. Translate mission constraints into power-chain specification. - MOSFET Commutation & Gate-Drive Design: Own the analog switching design: dead-time tuning, gate shaping, switching-loss vs EMI vs thermal trade-offs. - Multi-fidelity Simulation: Deploy the full stack: analytical loss budgeting, transient SPICE (LTspice), system-level modelling in PLECS or Simulink. - BLDC Drive Stages: Design three-phase inverters with integrated current sensing, protection, Trapezoidal and FOC-aware hardware interfaces. - High-Power-Density PCBA: Lead schematic and layout in Altium or KiCad with thermal, parasiti

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