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Systems Engineer - Low Observability Testing

Helsing· Systems Architecture
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Full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Role focused on proving aircraft hard to detect by leading LO testing roadmap, building in-house LO test facilities, and overseeing external measurement labs to ensure verifiable signature performance for a flagship aircraft programme.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the multi-year LO testing roadmap, so that measurement capability is in place before each programme milestone requires it
  • Specify, design and commission in-house LO test facilities, such as anechoic chambers, compact or far-field ranges, pylon systems and radar hardware, including calibration regimes that hold measurement uncertainty within agreed limits
  • Write master verification and validation test plans for RCS and IR signature measurement at component, subsystem and full-aircraft level
  • Produce detailed test procedures that deliver consistent, repeatable results across campaigns, sites and suppliers
  • Define statements of work for subcontracted testing, guide those suppliers technically, and accept or reject delivered measurement data on evidence

Qualifications

  • Have planned and run RCS measurement campaigns, and can trace a signature result back to the physics and the test set-up that produced it
  • Have specified, built or operated antenna or RCS test facilities, including near-field, far-field or compact ranges
  • Work fluently with high-frequency measurement equipment such as vector network analysers, signal generators and spectrum analysers
  • Apply systems engineering practice to verification and validation, from requirements through test plans to signed-off test reports
  • Communicate technical reasoning clearly in written and spoken English and German, to customers as well as engineering colleagues
  • Hold, or are willing and able to obtain, an extended German security clearance (erweiterte Sicherheitsüberprüfung, Ü2 or Ü3)

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and VSOP options
  • Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
  • Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
  • Health & 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 & 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 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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