Description
As a Lead Systems Engineer, you will lead systems engineering work for warhead and lethality package programmes, focusing on safety-critical ESAD and MSAD architectures, fuzes, and target-sensing systems.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Defining and managing system requirements for ESADs, MSADs, fuzes, and lethality packages
- Planning and delivering integration, verification, validation, and qualification activities for warhead systems and target-sensing technologies
- Acting as the technical point of contact for internal and external customers, including German defence procurement authorities
- Coordinating with German and international firing ranges and test centres to plan and deliver test activities
- Managing supplier relationships and working across Helsing teams to resolve technical, safety, and programme delivery needs
Helsing's work is important, as you'll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing ethical and geopolitical concerns.
The work is unique, operating in a domain with highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital.
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