Description
Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies.
As the Lead Engineer for Low Observability & RF Interoperability, you will direct the effort to minimise the system's electromagnetic signature whilst ensuring all RF systems co-exist without degradation.
The Day-to-Day
- Design and manage emission control and RF deconfliction for the overall system, encompassing airborne platforms and ground components
- Ensure daily RF interoperability across airborne payloads, including AESA radars and datalinks, to guarantee co-existence without mutual degradation
- Plan and execute comprehensive EMC/EMI co-site assessments, providing clear mitigation recommendations for desense risks and harmonic management
- Define frequency plans, channelisation, and emission control profiles tailored to specific mission phases
- Establish signature-aware operation concepts, including passive-first tactics and sensor management to substantially reduce detectability
- Develop robust integration concepts for antenna placement, isolation, and cable routing that meet rigorous performance and platform constraints
- Ensure communications and sensing systems operate resiliently under contested electronic warfare conditions, analysing fallback modes and graceful degradation
- Coordinate collaboratively with structural teams to ensure RF designs support low observability and manage unintended emissions via targeted shielding and filtering
- Execute requirements traceability from platform-level performance goals to subsystem specifications and robust verification evidence
- Guide cross-functional issue resolution and manage critical supplier technical exchanges to ensure full compliance with platform standards
Requirements
- Hold a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline
- Have delivered RF and EMC co-site interoperability solutions on complex airborne platforms
- Possess practical expertise with multi-sensor RF integration, encompassing AESA radar, datalinks, and electronic support measures
- Can execute comprehensive interference and intermodulation analyses, translating results into practical mitigations such as filtering and blanking
- Have built and executed testing campaigns across laboratory and flight environments to reliably correlate models with physical data
- Understand antenna placement trade-offs and can guide designs collaboratively with airframe structures teams
Nice to Have
- Demonstrate a proactive low-observability and signature-management mindset, including practical experience with LPI/LPD concepts
- Bring established fluency in translating requirements into verification outcomes within a regulated aerospace environment
- Have practical experience leading technical closure with suppliers to drive corrective actions to verified outcomes
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