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Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards. \nAs democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously. \nWe are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams - and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications. \nThe role\nAs the Lead Engineer for Passive RF Sensing, you will direct the end-to-end integration and performance of airborne electronic surveillance systems, including Radar Warning Receivers, from initial requirements through to flight test. Your primary focus will be to translate mission threats into concrete sensor requirements, define the antenna architecture for optimal direction-finding, and manage emitter library data. You will guide co-site coordination to protect sensitive receivers from onboard transmitters and direct the verification campaign to deliver a fully qualified sensor system.\nThe day-to-day\nDirect the integration and performance of passive RF sensors from initial requirements through to flight test to ensure operational readiness\n\nTranslate mission threat scenarios into measurable sensor requirements and define antenna architectures for optimal direction-finding\n\nSpecify and validate sensor performance, driving direction-finding performance analysis and RF distribution\n\nOversee library and classification support, managing emitter parameter sets, frequency agility handling, and confidence metrics\n\nGuide co-site and electromagnetic compatibility coordination with onboard transmitters to implement desense protection, blanking, and filtering\n\nExecute verification and test campaigns with a focus on installed sensor performance, coordinating data interfaces with software and avionics teams\n\nManage technical supplier relationships, reviewing specifications, acceptance tests, and change requests to track issues to objective closure\n\nYou should apply if you\nHold a degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline\n\nHave delivered passive RF sensors for airborne or complex platforms from concept to integration\n\nUnderstand threat radar phenomenology and can convert scenarios into measurable sensor requirements\n\nPossess practical expertise with direction-finding architectures, error budgeting, and calibration\n\nCan specify and validate receiver performance, interpreting laboratory and flight data accurately\n\nHave implemented electromagnetic compatibility mitigation on platforms with strong transmitters\n\nNice to have \nBring established familiarity with emitter libraries and classification workflows\n\nHave practical experience defining interfaces to mission computers and avionics systems\n\nNote: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.\nJoin Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields \nHelsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns\n\nThe 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. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world\n\nOur 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. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward\n\nIn our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts\n\nWe actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about\n\nWhat we offer\nCompetitive salary and VSOP options\n\nRelocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation\n\nLearning: €500/£450 yearly allowance\n\nHealth and wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)\n\nSocial: regular company events and monthly social allowances\n\nEnhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers\n\nFamily support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work\n\nHelsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.\nHelsing's Candidate Privacy and Confidentiality Regime can be found here.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6132,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Company events","Gym membership","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Germany","iso":"DE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["National Security","Military Drones","Defense AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T08:14:47Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":19,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.52,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":137,"expected_fill_days":72,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/helsing-lead-systems-engineer-passive-rf-sensing-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/helsing-lead-systems-engineer-passive-rf-sensing-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T05:03:01Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6826,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4739},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4739"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhelsing-lead-systems-engineer-passive-rf-sensing-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhelsing-lead-systems-engineer-passive-rf-sensing-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhelsing-lead-systems-engineer-passive-rf-sensing-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/helsing-lead-systems-engineer-passive-rf-sensing-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhelsing-lead-systems-engineer-passive-rf-sensing-2"}]}