# Lead Systems Engineer - Passive RF Sensing

**Company**: Helsing
**Location**: Munich
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

## Job Overview

As the Lead Engineer for Passive RF Sensing, you will direct the end-to-end integration and performance of airborne electronic surveillance systems, including Radar Warning Receivers, from initial requirements through to flight test.

## Responsibilities

- Direct the integration and performance of passive RF sensors from initial requirements through to flight test to ensure operational readiness

- Translate mission threat scenarios into measurable sensor requirements and define antenna architectures for optimal direction-finding

- Specify and validate sensor performance, driving direction-finding performance analysis and RF distribution

- Oversee library and classification support, managing emitter parameter sets, frequency agility handling, and confidence metrics

- Guide co-site and electromagnetic compatibility coordination with onboard transmitters to implement desense protection, blanking, and filtering

- Execute verification and test campaigns with a focus on installed sensor performance, coordinating data interfaces with software and avionics teams

- Manage technical supplier relationships, reviewing specifications, acceptance tests, and change requests to track issues to objective closure

## Requirements

- Hold a degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline

- Have delivered passive RF sensors for airborne or complex platforms from concept to integration

- Understand threat radar phenomenology and can convert scenarios into measurable sensor requirements

- Possess practical expertise with direction-finding architectures, error budgeting, and calibration

- Can specify and validate receiver performance, interpreting laboratory and flight data accurately

- Have implemented electromagnetic compatibility mitigation on platforms with strong transmitters

## Nice to Have

- Bring established familiarity with emitter libraries and classification workflows

- Have practical experience defining interfaces to mission computers and avionics systems

## Benefits

- Competitive salary and VSOP options

- Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation

- Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance

- Health and 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 and 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

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Passive RF Sensing
- Radar Warning Receivers
- Direction-finding architectures
- Error budgeting
- Calibration
- Electromagnetic compatibility mitigation

### Nice to have
- Emitter libraries
- Classification workflows
- Interfaces to mission computers and avionics systems

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