Helsing
defence AI
TechnicalProgrammeManager-Air
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“Technical Programme Manager - Air at Helsing. Skills: Technical Programme Management, Aerospace Development, AI in Defence. Own the programme rhythm across the Chief Engineering Team, Product Team, and Programme Leadership. running key meetings with rigour”
What You'll Achieve.
keep a complex, multi-disciplinary development programme moving with clarity and pace; turns plans into outcomes; directly accelerates aircraft development; ensuring that workstreams produce measurable progress; aligned on shared programme objectives; meaningful impact in the world
Industry & Context.
resolve points of friction; address complex and impactful problems
minimum of two days per week in Tussenhausen is required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
technical degree in aerospace, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or a related field, applied that foundation in a consulting, engineering, or technology environment, worked in or closely alongside the aerospace industry, navigated its technical frameworks, processes, and conventions with confidence, coordinated complex, cross-functional programmes, pointed to concrete outcomes that your work directly enabled, Communicate with clarity in both German and English, adapting your approach for technical, strategic, and senior stakeholder audiences, equally at ease shaping a programme strategy and running disciplined, repeatable delivery processes, move fluently between the two, able to commit to a minimum of two days per week in Tussenhausen
Nice to Have
Familiarity with aerospace certification frameworks, airworthiness standards, or defence acquisition processes, Experience working across an organisational boundary, for example in a joint venture, consortium programme, or embedded consulting engagement, Prior exposure to unmanned or novel aircraft development programmes
What You'll Do.
Own the programme rhythm across the Chief Engineering Team
and Programme Leadership
running key meetings with rigour
ensuring that decisions are made
Translate complex engineering requirements and programme priorities into clear
structured delivery plans
maintaining lean and consistent processes across a broad technical scope
Build and sustain strategic relationships with external aerospace industry partners
creating the conditions for collaboration that directly accelerates aircraft development
Identify and resolve points of friction across team interface
establishing effective ways of working between the two organisations
ensuring that workstreams produce measurable progress
Coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines
keeping specialist teams aligned on shared programme objectives
Contribute directly to the design and build of the aircraft
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work across the Chief Engineering Team, the Product Team, and Programme Leadership; building and sustaining the relationships that make delivery possible; develop productive partnerships with a wide range of aerospace industry players; strengthening collaboration between the various technical and non-technical teams; keeping specialist teams aligned on shared programme objectives; establishing effective ways of working between the two organisations
Communication Scope
clarity in German and English; adapting approach for technical, strategic, and senior stakeholder audiences
Process & Methodology
programme rhythm management, decision making and follow-through, translation of requirements into delivery plans, process management, relationship building, friction resolution, workstream coordination, alignment of specialist teams, strategic clarity, hands-on execution
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 Helsing is developing a next-generation aircraft, and this role sits at the centre of that effort. As Technical Programme Manager, Air, you will work across the Chief Engineering Team, the Product Team, and Programme Leadership to keep a complex, multi-disciplinary development programme moving with clarity and pace. The scope of the role spans both strategy and delivery: you will shape the processes that give the programme its structure, while also owning the day-to-day coordination that turns plans into outcomes. A significant part of the role involves building and sustaining the relationships that make delivery possible. Externally, you will develop productive partnerships with a wide range of aerospace industry players. Internally, you will focus on strengthening collaboration between the various technical and non-technical teams. The technical breadth of the programme is considerable, (software development, systems engineering, flight physics, aerodynamics, …) and the role offers meaningful exposure across many disciplines. The position is based across Munich and Tussenhausen. A minimum of two days per week in Tussenhausen is required. The day-t
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