Description
Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies.
We are developing an advanced airborne platform with secure tactical communication and networking capabilities. We are looking for an experienced engineer to define and integrate tactical datalinks and airborne communication systems.
The day-to-day
- Define tactical communications and datalink architectures.
- Integrate Link 16, MIDS/JTRS terminals and associated platform interfaces.
- Support integration of further tactical links such as Link 22, JREAP and VMF.
- Define requirements for antennas, radios, crypto equipment, mission computers and network-management functions.
- Perform link-budget, coverage, latency, throughput, interoperability and co-site interference analyses.
- Ensure compliance with applicable NATO standards and STANAGs.
- Support system integration, interoperability testing, ground testing and flight testing.
You should apply if you
- Have a degree in communications engineering, electrical engineering or a related discipline.
- Have several years of practical experience with military tactical communications or datalink systems.
- Have proven experience with Link 16 and MIDS terminal integration.
- Have strong knowledge of JTIDS/MIDS message exchange, network participation groups, time-slot allocation and tactical network design.
- Have experience with relevant standards such as STANAG 5516, STANAG 5522, STANAG 5602 and MIL-STD-6016.
- Understand RF communications, waveforms, encryption, frequency hopping, anti-jam techniques and airborne antenna integration.
- Have experience with system requirements, interface-control documents, qualification and interoperability testing.
Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields
- Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns.
- The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital.
- Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure.
- In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities.
- We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it.
What we offer
- 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”)