Description
Job Overview
As an Electronics Engineer on the Physical Products team at Helsing, a defence AI company, you will design and build electrical systems for Helsing's platforms. Your work will directly contribute to Helsing's mission to equip democratic societies with capable, reliable defence technology.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and validate bespoke PCBs from schematic through to hands-on bring-up, covering power, digital, and mixed-signal electronics, using tools such as Altium Designer or KiCad.
- Define the electrical architecture of UAV platforms, producing wiring diagrams, power distribution schemes, and interface definitions that underpin system integration across mechanical, software, and avionics boundaries.
- Select and specify components across sensors, actuators, controllers, and power systems, trading off performance, cost, availability, and integration effort to make well-reasoned, documented design decisions.
- Integrate communication interfaces such as CAN Bus, Ethernet, and RS422/485, and support RF and radio systems, ensuring robust data and power distribution across the platform.
- Define and execute unit-level tests, contribute to reliability and safety analyses such as FMEA, and produce clear design documentation including wiring diagrams, schematics, PCB layouts, and BOM.
Requirements
- Professional experience in designing and integrating electrical and electronic systems, preferably within aerospace or a similarly demanding domain.
- Proficiency in PCB design and layout, with hands-on experience using ECAD tools such as Altium Designer or KiCad and simulation tools like LTSpice.
- Ability to interpret complex third-party datasheets and technical documentation, translating electrical characteristics and constraints into sound design decisions.
- Experience designing cable harnesses and defining communication interfaces, and working with RF or radio systems in a hardware integration context.
- Effective collaboration across mechanical, software, and systems engineering disciplines, and clear communication in written and spoken English.
Nice to Have
- Experience with ECAD/MCAD co-design workflows and integration of electrical systems into complex electromechanical assemblies.
- Contributions to reliability or safety analyses such as FMEA in a production or pre-production engineering context.
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
- Hands-on onboarding program