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Helsing is a defence AI company focused on protecting democracies through technological leadership and responsible AI development. This role owns the verification and validation of the Armament Control System (ACS), a safety-critical system governing how effects are commanded and released in defence applications.
You will work alongside systems, software, and hardware engineers to shape the testing roadmap, build software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test environments, and qualify the ACS against its requirements. You will define what constitutes good evidence, determine how it is gathered, and decide when the system is ready for deployment. Your test rigs and automated test suites will become shared infrastructure for the wider team, accelerating the feedback loop between design changes and proven behaviour, and providing partners confidence in safe system performance.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining the ACS testing roadmap across the full development cycle, ensuring verification keeps pace with design maturity and programme milestones
- Specifying, designing, and commissioning ACS test rigs in collaboration with internal teams and external suppliers, covering mechanics, electronics, harnesses, interfaces, and data acquisition
- Writing test plans and procedures that trace every system requirement to verifiable evidence, using tools such as DOORS or Polarion
- Running SIL and HIL test campaigns, investigating anomalies, producing test reports, and feeding findings back into design to resolve defects before integration
- Automating regression and qualification testing using MATLAB/Simulink and real-time targets such as Speedgoat, measurably reducing manual test effort and cycle time
The company offers competitive salary with VSOP options, relocation support (up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation), €500 yearly learning allowance, gym membership and mental health support, regular company events, enhanced parental leave (22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers, 6 weeks for secondary caregivers), and 100% remote work flexibility during pregnancy with phased return options.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Verified or qualified complex, safety-critical systems in aerospace, defence, automotive, or comparable domain
- Built and operated software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop test environments from architecture through commissioning
- Experience modelling and automating testing in MATLAB/Simulink with real-time test hardware (Speedgoat, dSPACE, or National Instruments)
- Ability to translate system requirements into structured test plans and procedures, documenting results clearly for qualification and customer review
- Fluent technical communication in written and spoken English and German, with customers and engineering colleagues
- Must hold or be willing and able to obtain an extended German security clearance (erweiterte Sicherheitsüberprüfung, Ü2 or Ü3)
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience applying industry qualification standards such as DO-160, DO-178C, or DO-254 in testing work
