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Lead Systems Engineer - LO Emission Control & RF Interoperability

Helsing· AI & Engineering
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MunichFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead Engineer role focused on minimising electromagnetic signature while ensuring RF systems co-exist without degradation, overseeing system-level integration, verification, and RF deconfliction in contested electronic warfare environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage emission control and RF deconfliction for the overall system, encompassing airborne platforms and ground components
  • Ensure daily RF interoperability across airborne payloads, including AESA radars and datalinks, to guarantee co-existence without mutual degradation
  • Plan and execute comprehensive EMC/EMI co-site assessments, providing clear mitigation recommendations for desense risks and harmonic management
  • Define frequency plans, channelisation, and emission control profiles tailored to specific mission phases
  • Establish signature-aware operation concepts, including passive-first tactics and sensor management to substantially reduce detectability
  • Develop robust integration concepts for antenna placement, isolation, and cable routing that meet rigorous performance and platform constraints
  • Ensure communications and sensing systems operate resiliently under contested electronic warfare conditions, analysing fallback modes and graceful degradation
  • Coordinate collaboratively with structural teams to ensure RF designs support low observability and manage unintended emissions via targeted shielding and filtering
  • Execute requirements traceability from platform-level performance goals to subsystem specifications and robust verification evidence
  • Guide cross-functional issue resolution and manage critical supplier technical exchanges to ensure full compliance with platform standards

Qualifications

  • Hold a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline
  • Have delivered RF and EMC co-site interoperability solutions on complex airborne platforms
  • Possess practical expertise with multi-sensor RF integration, encompassing AESA radar, datalinks, and electronic support measures
  • Can execute comprehensive interference and intermodulation analyses, translating results into practical mitigations such as filtering and blanking
  • Have built and executed testing campaigns across laboratory and flight environments to reliably correlate models with physical data
  • Understand antenna placement trade-offs and can guide designs collaboratively with airframe structures teams

Skills

Required:RF engineeringEMC/EMI analysisRequirements traceability

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and VSOP options
  • Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
  • Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
  • Health and wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)
  • Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances
  • Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers
  • Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work
Last updated Oct 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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