Environmental Test Laboratory Manager

Harmattan AI
Paris
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Environmental & SustainabilitySkills: ["Rigorous","Methodical","Cross-functional collaboration","Documentation","Ownership"]

Build Harmattan’s environmental test laboratory from scratch and run it end to end. You’ll define required testing capabilities, specify and procure lab equipment, help select and commission the facility, and recruit and lead a small team of technicians. As the lab’s environmental testing reference, you’ll support validation teams on lab validation and peer-review test plans, then hand procedures over to quality to keep production-line testing consistent.

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Environmental Test Laboratory Manager

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Job Summary

Build Harmattan’s environmental test laboratory from scratch and run it end to end. You’ll define required testing capabilities, specify and procure lab equipment, help select and commission the facility, and recruit and lead a small team of technicians. As the lab’s environmental testing reference, you’ll support validation teams on lab validation and peer-review test plans, then hand procedures over to quality to keep production-line testing consistent.
Location: Paris
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Environmental & Sustainability
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define the lab capabilities and specify, evaluate, and procure environmental test equipment, including a large climate room.
  • •Decide which tests to internalize vs keep external, and revisit the build-versus-buy boundary as product range grows.
  • •Support facility setup from premises choice and utilities through installation, safety, and commissioning.
  • •Recruit and lead a team of two to three technicians, setting working standards and growing capability as the lab ramps up.
  • •Support validation modules with lab validation and peer-review environmental sections of test plans, then hand procedures over to quality for production testing.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •At least 10 years in environmental testing, including setting up or substantially developing a test lab.
  • •Strong command of environmental test methods and equipment (climatic/thermal cycling, vibration, water and dust ingress, UV, and relevant standards).
  • •Proven ability to specify, evaluate, and procure test machines, and to assess build-versus-buy and in-house-versus-external options.
  • •Experience leading a small technical team, or clear readiness to take on that responsibility.
  • •Engineering degree in a relevant field (mechanical, materials, electronics, physics or similar) or equivalent experience.
Experience:Environmental testingDefenseAerospace
Skills:RigorousMethodicalCross-functional collaborationDocumentationOwnership
Languages:EnglishFrench

Company Brief

Harmattan AI
Develops AI-driven autonomous military systems (drones, electronic warfare, ISR and mission-management software) and scales conflict-ready production for allied armed forces and defense primes.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2024
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