Test Engineer - Environment
Helsing· Hardware Engineering
LondonFull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
Environment Test Engineer responsible for design, execution, and analysis of environmental stress test campaigns for drone subsystems and Ground Support Equipment (GSE); focuses on mechanical, thermal, and environmental qualification to validate survivability and performance under real-world stress across multiple hardware domains.
Responsibilities
- Designing and executing vibration test campaigns (sine sweep, random vibration, shock) on drone sub-systems and GSE hardware to simulate transport, operational, and launch-induced environments
- Executing controlled thermal exposure tests across the full operational temperature range on assigned sub-systems
- Conducting dust and water ingress tests on drone enclosures, connectors, and GSE hardware to validate field survivability
- Running humidity-controlled and salt-spray campaigns to identify corrosion risks in connectors and joints
- Validating component behaviour under simulated altitude-related low-pressure conditions
- Conducting high-cycle mechanical campaigns to characterize material and joint fatigue over operational life
- Deliberately mapping the failure envelope by pushing hardware beyond design limits to validate safety margins
Qualifications
- Environmental Standards Literacy: working knowledge of applicable environmental test campaign standards
- Instrumentation & DAQ: expert in physical instrumentation (strain gauges, accelerometers, thermocouples, pressure transducers, load cells) and DAQ configuration
- Mechanical Systems Understanding: structural mechanics, material fatigue, vibration dynamics, shock response for metallic and composite structures
- Thermal Testing: experience with thermal chambers, thermal cycling rigs, IR cameras, thermocouple mapping
- Environmental Test Equipment Operation: hands-on experience with vibration tables, shock rigs, thermal chambers, IP spray equipment, salt-spray cabinets
- Metrology: precision measurement tools for pre- and post-test validation
- Basic Familiarity with Weapons Hardware Constraints: understanding regulatory constraints for defense-related environmental testing; ITAR/EAR awareness
Skills
Required:Environmental standards literacyInstrumentation & DAQMechanical systems understandingThermal testingEnvironmental test equipment operation
Nice to have:Metrology
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- VSOP options
- Relocation support up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
- Learning allowance €500/£450 yearly
- Health & wellness benefits (gym membership and mental health support)
- 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 paid family emergency leave; 100% remote work option during pregnancy; phased return to work
- Onboarding program (Infraduction) to build tooling and applications across the company
Last updated Oct 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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