Description
Job Overview
As a Simulation Engineer at Helsing, you will build and maintain modelling and simulation environments to understand how platforms behave aerodynamically, structurally, and in full engagements, before they are built.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain high-fidelity simulation environments, including 6-DOF vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, structural, and engagement-level models.
- Develop Monte Carlo and sensitivity analysis capabilities to explore performance across various conditions.
- Collaborate with GNC, mechanical, and systems engineers to define modelling requirements and validate models against real test and flight data.
- Support design trade studies and build tooling to make simulation faster and more accessible.
- Communicate simulation results and limitations clearly to engineers and decision-makers.
Requirements
- Experience building and maintaining simulation environments for physical systems in aerospace, automotive, robotics, or similar domains.
- Strong understanding of underlying physics, such as flight dynamics, aerodynamics, structures, or controls.
- Proficiency in relevant programming/scientific computing environments like Python, MATLAB/Simulink, or C++.
- Experience validating simulation output against real test or field data.
- Comfortable working with uncertainty, Monte Carlo methods, and sensitivity analysis.
Nice to Have
- Experience with 6-DOF flight/missile simulation or engagement-level/wargaming simulation.
- Familiarity with CFD, FEA, or other high-fidelity physics-based modelling tools.
- Knowledge of real-time or hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulation environments.
- Experience building simulation tooling or infrastructure used by wider engineering teams.
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