Helsing
defence AI
AvionicHardwareEngineer
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“Avionic Hardware Engineer at Helsing. Skills: Avionic systems integration, Hardware/software interface, Prototype to production. Integrate avionic systems onto drone platforms. Contribute to avionic system architecture decisions”
Industry & Context.
fault isolation; root cause analyses; troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
integrated avionic or electronic hardware within UAV, aerospace or defence programmes, taken hardware from prototype to series production, work at the hardware and software interface, planned and executed integration, acceptance and flight test campaigns, managed NCs and RCAs through to verified closure in a regulated development environment, Act decisively with minimal guidance, own outcomes end-to-end, initiate solutions without waiting for direction
Nice to Have
Familiarity with structured requirements management and design review processes within aerospace or defence programmes, functional safety concepts in avionic system integration, Experience contributing to DfM reviews, feeding production lessons learned back into the design process
What You'll Do.
Integrate avionic systems onto drone platforms
Contribute to avionic system architecture decisions
Integrate avionic LRUs onto airframe
Collaborate with software engineers on integration
Perform system-level fault isolation
Develop and execute test procedures
Support ground and flight test campaigns
Own serialisation and productionisation of avionic LRUs
Develop production test procedures
Contribute to safety analyses
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborate with software engineers; work with other engineering teams
Full Job Description
Who we are Helsing is a defence AI company. 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. As 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. We 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. The role As Avionic Hardware Engineer, you will own the integration of avionic systems onto Helsing's drone platforms, working across architecture, component selection, hardware and software integration, flight testing and series production. Working across hardware and software boundaries with equal confidence, you will drive fault isolation, requirements traceability and production scalability. The day-to-day Contribute to avionic system architecture decisions and LRU selection from the start of the design cycle, providing integration and production feasibility input that directly shapes component choices, system topology and scalability from prototype to series production Integrate avionic LRUs onto the airframe, including mounting, harness routing, connector mating and configuration management, and collaborate with software engineers on hardware and software integration covering board bring-up, firmware flashing, interface verification and debug Perform system-level fault isolation across hardware, software and mechanical boundaries using schematics, ICDs, logic analysers and oscilloscopes, managing non-conformances and root cause analyses and driving cor
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