# FPGA Engineer - Electronic Warfare at Harmattan AI

> Open job at Harmattan AI in Paris, France. Workplace: On-site.

Source: France Dev Jobs, https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/harmattan-ai-fpga-engineer-electronic-warfare-xhyucpq
Posted 21 August 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 10 November 2026.

## Facts

- Company: [Harmattan AI](https://francedevjobs.com/companies/harmattan-ai)
- Location: Paris, France
- Workplace: On-site
- Employment type: Full-time
- French: Not required
- Skills: C, Python
- Not mentioned in the job post: salary, visa sponsorship, relocation, where you can apply from

## 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 an FPGA Engineer within our Electronic Warfare team, you will design and implement the real-time digital signal processing that turns raw RF into actionable effect — from receiver channelization and threat detection through to jamming waveform generation. You will own the RTL at the heart of our EW and SIGINT systems, working hand-in-hand with the RF hardware, embedded software and algorithm teams to take a signal chain from concept and simulation to silicon, to the lab, and into the field.

### Responsibilities

- **RTL Design & Implementation:** Design and implement signal-processing datapaths in VHDL or SystemVerilog — digital down-conversion, channelizers, filtering, FFT and detection chains — from specification through to validation.
- **Real-Time DSP in Fabric:** Implement detection, direction-finding, classification and waveform generation under hard latency and throughput budgets, translating algorithm intent into fixed-point hardware.
- **RF & Data Converter Interfacing:** Own the digital interface to the RF front-end — high-speed converters (JESD204B/C), multi-channel clocking, synchronization and calibration paths.
- **Hardware/Software Partitioning:** Define the split between programmable logic and on-chip processors, and the register and streaming interfaces the embedded software team builds against.
- **Timing Closure & Resource Budgets:** Drive constraints, timing closure, and resource, power and thermal budgets on production hardware.
- **Bring-up, Integration & Validation:** Lead FPGA bring-up on new boards, bench validation against performance targets with RF instrumentation, and over-the-air testing alongside the systems team.
- **Technical Coordination:** Collaborate across RF hardware, embedded, GNC and ML teams on system integration and technical interfaces.
- **System Reviews & Documentation:** Contribute to design and architecture reviews, maintaining consistency between requirements, design and testing.

### Candidate Requirements

- Strong RTL design background in VHDL or SystemVerilog for signal-processing datapaths is mandatory.
- Solid digital signal processing fundamentals: sampling, mixing, decimation, filter design, FFT, and fixed-point arithmetic and quantization trade-offs.
- Hands-on experience with SoC FPGAs and their toolchains..
- No prior Electronic Warfare experience required.
- Experience with high-speed data converter interfaces (JESD204B/C) and multi-channel synchronization is a definite plus.
- Experience with algorithm-to-RTL workflows (MATLAB/Simulink, Python modelling, or HLS) is a plus.
- Lab experience with RF instrumentation — spectrum analyzer, vector signal generator, oscilloscope — is a plus.
- MSc in Electrical / Electronics Engineering, Signal Processing or a related field;
- Broad engineering culture with understanding of RF hardware, embedded software and system-level trade-offs.
- Rigorous, structured and mission-driven mindset with strong analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.

## How to apply

Apply on the job page, https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/harmattan-ai-fpga-engineer-electronic-warfare-xhyucpq: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page.

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