Description
Job Overview
As a Mechanical Engineer on the Physical Products team at Helsing, a defence AI company, you will translate requirements into robust, efficient, and field-ready UAV designs. Working across disciplines, you will contribute to the full hardware stack, from aerodynamic and structural subsystems to propulsion and electronics.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end aspects of UAV hardware design, from early-stage concept and analysis through to flight-ready builds, taking responsibility for quality and pace of delivery.
- Work across aerodynamic, structural, propulsion, and electronic subsystems, going deep in your area of specialism while contributing to the performance of the integrated system.
- Develop and iterate prototypes at pace, balancing aerodynamic performance, structural integrity, weight, power, and manufacturability constraints.
- Define and execute hardware validation and flight-readiness testing, including analysis, bench tests, integration checks, and field trials, producing clear documentation of results and design decisions.
- Evaluate and select components and materials, working with suppliers and partners to meet technical and programme requirements.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience designing and building UAVs or similarly complex autonomous hardware systems in any engineering discipline.
- Depth in at least one of: aerodynamics and flight mechanics, mechanical and structural design, or electronics and avionics.
- Strong prototyping track record, with experience taking hardware from concept to flying article at pace.
- Proficiency with relevant engineering tools in your domain, such as CAD, FEA, CFD, Altium, or MATLAB/Simulink.
- Experience defining and running hardware validation and test campaigns, and communicate clearly in written and spoken English.
Nice to Have
- Experience working across more than one engineering discipline within UAV or autonomous systems development, bridging technical boundaries across a hardware programme.
- Experience collaborating with software and firmware teams on hardware and software integration challenges.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and VSOP options.
- Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation.
- Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance.
- Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health).
- Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances.
- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
- Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work.
- A hands-on onboarding program (affectionately labelled “Infraduction”), in which you will be building tooling and applications to be used across the company.