# Systems Engineer - Command and Control (Air)

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

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## Description

## Job Overview

As a Systems Engineer – Command and Control (Air), you will be responsible for designing and delivering Command and Control (C2) capabilities for an autonomous fighter jet – from concept to maiden flight. You will work with a high-calibre team, align government stakeholders, industry partners, and suppliers around a coherent technical strategy, and own the full system lifecycle: requirements, architecture, integration, verification, and certification.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own the end-to-end systems engineering lifecycle, from concept and architecture through to operational deployment

- Define and govern system architecture, ensuring compliance with relevant military and airworthiness standards (including DO-178C and DO-254) and driving coherent interface control across all subsystems

- Lead system integration, validation, and verification activities across hardware, software, and communications domains, resolving cross-disciplinary technical conflicts

- Act as the primary technical authority in relationships with industry partners and suppliers, directing component selection and integration decisions that have direct consequences for programme success and flight safety

- Report on technical progress, risks, and key engineering milestones to the Chief Engineer and Programme Management, providing clear recommendations that enable informed programme-level decisions

## Requirements

- Have led the technical delivery of safety-critical or mission-critical aircraft systems, military or civil, across the full systems engineering lifecycle from architecture through to certification

- Have defined and governed complex system architectures in a leading capacity, with demonstrable experience setting technical standards and resolving cross-functional engineering trade-offs

- Communicate with precision and confidence, translating complex technical positions into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders, government customers, and industry partners

- Have guided teams, providing technical mentorship and maintaining engineering rigour under programme pressure

- Are able to work on-site at our Tussenhausen (Unterallgäu) location two to three days per week, and meet the requirements for security clearance in Germany (German citizenship is an advantage; other European citizenship is also considered)

## Nice to Have

- Hands-on experience with Ground Control Station design, high-integrity systems, or formal safety analysis (including DEF STAN, MIL-STD, or equivalent frameworks) in a defence or regulated aerospace environment

- Prior experience leading programmes under DO-178C, DO-254, or equivalent airworthiness standards, with direct engagement with a national airworthiness authority

## 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

## Skills

### Required
- systems engineering
- command and control
- airworthiness standards
- DO-178C
- DO-254
- technical leadership

### Nice to have
- Ground Control Station design
- high-integrity systems
- formal safety analysis
- DEF STAN
- MIL-STD

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