Description
Job Overview
As a Test and Evaluation Engineer at Helsing, you will be part of our hardware and platform integration team, focusing on the rigorous testing, validation, and evaluation of our Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems and AI-enabled flight capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale rigorous test and evaluation (T&E) pipelines for our autonomous UAV fleet, encompassing physical hardware, flight controllers, communication and sensor payloads, and AI edge-perception models.
- Plan and execute Modeling and Simulation (M&S), Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) analysis to stress-test subsystem integrations and real-time software prior to physical flight.
- Organize, coordinate, and execute flight test campaigns, working closely with flight operators, field engineers, and software teams to validate autonomous behaviors, sensor synchronization, and edge-AI model performance under challenging real-world conditions.
- Analyze flight data logs, telemetry, and sensor streams to identify root causes of failures, sensor misalignment, or unexpected edge-case behaviors.
- Collaborate directly with software, ML research, and hardware design teams to translate test findings into robust, hardened engineering solutions.
- Author comprehensive test plans, safety cases, and qualification reports to satisfy safety benchmarks and military certification standards.
Requirements
- Hold a BSc, MSc, or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- Have 7+ years of experience in testing, validation, and evaluation of complex autonomous systems, ideally UAVs, robotics, or aerospace platforms for US military customers.
- Be highly proficient in Python, C++, or MATLAB for data analysis, log parsing, and automating validation setups.
- Understand sensor integration, calibration, and synchronization (e.g., LiDAR, EO/IR cameras, IMUs, GNSS) and their performance under vibration and thermal stress on an airframe.
- Be comfortable navigating highly complex, multidisciplinary systems independently, troubleshooting them under pressure, and defining clear validation roadmaps.
- Have experience on mature aircraft or munition development programs, including operational testing.
- Be familiar with common military testing standards and designing tests for them (e.g., MIL-STD 81H, MIL-STD 882E, MIL-STD 1316).
- Have hands-on experience with flight control systems (e.g., PX4, ArduPilot), ground control stations (QGroundControl), and communication datalinks.
- Hold a Part 107 or other pilot license.
Benefits
- A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
- A generous compensation and benefits package (in addition to base salary) that includes insurance coverage (medical and travel), flexible paid time off, paid holidays, and remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position.