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Helsing is a defence AI company focused on protecting democracies through technological leadership and ethical AI development. The company brings together engineers, AI specialists, and programme managers to solve complex, high-impact problems in defence technology.
As Systems Engineer - Land, you will own the complete systems engineering lifecycle for one of Helsing's land programmes, with a focus on software-intensive systems. Your responsibilities span the full V-cycle: requirements capture, architecture design, integration, verification, validation, and release. You will work daily with software architects, AI engineers, and hardware developers to maintain system coherence and deliver integrated solutions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the V-cycle for your land programme from requirements to release, delivering all systems engineering activities on time, to quality, and within budget
- Designing system architecture and managing interfaces across software, AI, and hardware disciplines to ensure consistency
- Planning and executing system-level tests, analysing test data, and conducting root-cause analysis to accelerate design iteration cycles
- Representing engineering in technical exchanges, milestone reviews, and demonstrations with land forces, the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), and industry partners
- Producing requirements traceability matrices, verification evidence, and RAMS analysis (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety) to support qualification, certification, and operational release
You will work directly with French industry partners, the DGA, and land forces to translate their operational needs into systems for tomorrow's battlefields. The role offers exposure to cutting-edge technical challenges in AI, distributed systems, and defence innovation, with meaningful impact on democratic security.
Requirements:
- Demonstrated delivery of an integrated software and hardware product end-to-end to a defence, B2G, or B2B customer, with direct stakeholder and end-user engagement
- Proven application of the full V-cycle (requirements, architecture, design, integration, verification, validation, release) to software-intensive systems, including system-level testing and root-cause analysis that shortened design iteration cycles
- Experience working with software architects, AI engineers, and hardware developers to maintain interface and requirements consistency across disciplines
- Fluency in both French and English (required for customer and partner engagement)
- Readiness to meet requirements for a French security clearance (habilitation) under national law
Nice to have:
- Experience working with DGA or land forces to shape requirements
- Knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and SysML
- Proficiency with Python, Palantir, or similar data tools for accelerating test data review, requirements analysis, and documentation
- Familiarity with AI tools and their application to systems engineering workflows
