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What they do

Helsing is a defence AI company. Its stated mission is to protect democracies. It designs autonomous systems for air, land, and sea, such as the HX-2 strike drone, and software such as Altra. It also connects the existing hardware of governments and industry partners. It builds the HX-2 in its own plants, which it calls Resilience Factories.

What they value

• From first principles: reason from the ground up, and do not trust conventional wisdom without a reason.
• Because it is right: think about the effects of each decision, and follow ethical principles.
• Whatever it takes: work across job titles and roles to remove blockers.
• The truth is in the field: test each idea in the real world as early as possible.
• Speed: go fast everywhere, but not recklessly.
• Inclusiveness: speak up and challenge each other with respect, so that the best ideas win.

Where they hire

Of 154 Postings, 108 name Munich, 42 Berlin, 36 London, 13 Paris, and 10 Barcelona. Fourteen are in the United States, in Washington, DC and Martinsburg. A few name Oxford, Stockholm, Tallinn, and Canberra. No Posting is remote. No Posting mentions visa sponsorship. Most offer relocation support. Many roles need a security clearance, and most US roles need U.S. citizenship.

Teams and roles

The board has 154 Postings. Most are engineering roles.

• AI and Engineering: 38 Postings. AI research engineers for computer vision, foundation models, and reinforcement learning. Software engineers for backend, frontend, platform, and site reliability work. Systems engineers for avionics, sensing, and electronic warfare.
• Hardware Engineering and Physical Products: 34 Postings. Electronics, mechanical, radio frequency, navigation, simulation, and test engineers, with robotics roles in Barcelona.
• Systems Architecture: 15 Postings. Lead systems engineers for sensing, maritime, space, and weapon integration, plus safety and logistics roles.
• Campaigns and Programmes, and Market: 21 Postings. Programme managers, commercial managers, product managers, and procurement roles.
• Deployed Engineering: 6 Postings. Field engineers and deployed AI engineers who work with customers.
• Finance: 11 Postings, from accountants to the Head of FP&A (financial planning and analysis).
• Other teams: operations, production, marketing, people, recruiting, legal, IT, and corporate security.

What they look for

Software Postings name Rust, Python, and modern C++ most often. The stack is a mix of Rust and Python. Backend and deployed roles ask for work with distributed systems, Linux, and networks. AI research roles ask for an MSc or PhD and for model training in PyTorch or JAX. Hardware roles ask for design experience in aerospace or a similar field, and for hands-on work with prototypes.

Programme and commercial roles ask for delivery experience in defence, aerospace, or a similar engineering field. About 28 Postings ask you to hold or be able to get a security clearance in Germany, the UK, France, the US, or Australia. About one Posting in four asks for German, often at a fluent level, next to English. Four Postings are written in German and one in Spanish.

Postings say that teams debate what the company does and how it does it. Engineers review the code and proposals of colleagues, and mentor others. Most Postings ask you to apply if you do not meet every listed qualification.