# Systems Engineer - Air Defense System - Contra

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

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## Description

## Job Overview

As a Systems Engineer for C2 C-UAS at Helsing, you will take our command and control (C2) node from a working prototype to a qualified system in the field. C-UAS stands for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems, focusing on detecting and defeating hostile drones and cruise missiles.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own the functional safety case for the C2 node, covering safety-relevant functions from identification through engagement decision to effector control.

- Run hazard analyses and turn their results into safety requirements, safety mechanisms, and verification evidence.

- Build and maintain the norms and approvals map for the C2 node, including applicable norms, required evidence, evidence owner, current status, and lead time.

- Plan and run qualification of C2 hardware and software together with test centres and authorities.

- Define how the autonomy level per kill-chain step and human approval of engagements are argued in the safety case, and what has to be true before autonomy is raised.

- Write and execute system-level verification and test campaigns in test beds, at test ranges, and in field trials, and close findings through root-cause analysis.

- Specify the safety and interface evidence the C2 node needs from sensor and effector partners, and review their qualification data.

- Prepare fielding: acceptance tests, operational documentation, training input, and support for user approval and handover.

## Requirements

- Experience in taking a defence or safety-critical system through qualification and into operational use, ideally a C2, fire control, or air defence system.

- Hands-on experience with functional safety and system safety for defence or comparable safety-critical systems.

- Ability to write safety cases and hazard analyses for systems with a large software share.

- Knowledge of military qualification testing and its planning and passing requirements.

- Strong foundation in requirements management, verification, and interface definition across hardware and software.

- Comfortable running system-level tests and debugging failures.

- University degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

- Business fluency in German and English.

- Willingness to travel, including to test ranges and field trials.

## Nice to Have

- Experience with qualification and approval processes of European armed forces, such as the Bundeswehr.

- Familiarity with the safety assurance of software-heavy, AI, or autonomous functions.

- Knowledge of air defence C2 concepts, TEWA, IFF, and SHORAD and V-SHORAD systems.

## 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.

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## Skills

### Required
- functional safety
- system safety
- safety cases
- hazard analyses
- requirements management
- verification
- interface definition
- German
- English

### Nice to have
- qualification and approval processes of European armed forces
- safety assurance of software-heavy, AI, or autonomous functions
- air defence C2 concepts
- TEWA
- IFF
- SHORAD
- V-SHORAD

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