Optical Sensing Test Engineer at Helsing in Munich

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 You will sit at the centre of the Optics Cluster in our Test Department, with a scope that crosses cluster boundaries. A sensing subsystem is not only an optics problem. It sits where optics, electronics, embedded software, and mechanical integration meet. Integration decides whether sensor data can be trusted. An EO camera that is perfectly focused but misaligned with the LiDAR produces unsafe data. A LWIR sensor that passes standalone characterisation can still fail beside a hot avionics bay. The airframe tells a different story from the bench. …