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Lead Field Engineer

Helsing· Deployed Engineering
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Washington, DCfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead Field Engineer who designs test campaigns, coordinates teams and external partners, and is accountable for field operations and outcomes, bridging technical work with commercial and program context.

Responsibilities

  • Test combined software and hardware products end-to-end in the lab and in the field, capturing data and providing structured feedback to engineering teams to drive product improvement
  • Prepare, transport, mobilize and demobilize equipment at test locations — including ports and offshore military test ranges and remote environments — and execute tests in real-world conditions at sea
  • Install AI software onto edge computing devices using in-house deployment tools, ensuring systems are correctly configured for field conditions
  • Design, refine, and improve test plans and safety standard operating procedures, including procurement, trialing software tools for inventory management and QA, establishing secure storage facilities, and preparing safety cases and submissions to aviation authorities
  • Define resources required to maintain an effective field-testing operation (hardware procurement, software tools, support vehicles/vessels, on-site storage)
  • Embed with and train end users, and ensure safety of all participants at field test events
  • Advise on training course design and in-service support procedures to shape user interaction with Helsing's products
  • Travel to testing locations across the US as well as UK, Germany and beyond as required
  • Embed with and host Helsing UK and EU Field Engineers to establish company-wide best practices, procedures, and culture
  • Build and manage a team of field engineers to be the front lines of product deployment and connect end-users to product development

Qualifications

  • Strong technical aptitude with systems-level understanding of complex hardware and software products
  • Experience assembling, deploying, and troubleshooting robots, aircraft, watercraft, or other autonomous/electromechanical systems
  • Comfort with software deployment and debugging tools including command-line interfaces and field fixes to mitigate hardware/electrical issues
  • Clear written and verbal communication; ability to produce concise documentation for engineering and non-engineering audiences
  • Ability to independently own critical workstreams and resolve problems without direction
  • Willingness to work at test sites for periods up to two weeks
  • Hands-on approach to hardware, equipment, and field environments
  • Experience managing teams of three or more or executing complex tests as part of an independently functioning team

Skills

Required:Technical aptitude for systems-level understandingField testing leadership

Benefits

  • Insurance coverage (medical and travel)
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Remote and/or hybrid work options depending on position
  • Growth toward global roles in Finance organization
Last updated Jul 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Helsing

Helsing | Artificial intelligence to protect our democracies

AI for electronic warfareAI-enabled precision mass and autonomous systemsAutonomous air dominanceMass defence manufacturingRecce strike softwareUnderwater autonomous massliquid-ai-recruiting-target
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