Senior Systems Engineer – EA Antenna & Payload Design

1 day, 7 hours ago
Full-time
Senior
IoT and Embedded Systems
Helsing

Helsing

Helsing is a security and AI company committed to safeguarding democracies through cutting-edge technology, emphasizing ethical standards and global leadership in real-time information processing.

Aerospace & Defense
51-250
Founded 2021
$343M raised

Description

  • Define system-level requirements for an airborne jammer payload and its antenna subsystem.
  • Translate operational Electronic Attack needs into measurable technical requirements.
  • Develop and assess payload and antenna integration architectures.
  • Specify requirements for frequency coverage, bandwidth, transmit power, EIRP, antenna gain, beam steering, receiver protection, co-site compatibility, interfaces, and platform EMC.
  • Analyse antenna placement, spatial coverage, and installation effects on the aircraft.
  • Evaluate antenna technologies including phased-array, AESA, conformal, and distributed concepts.
  • Define and manage interfaces between the jammer, antennas, sensors, mission computer, navigation system, and other aircraft subsystems.
  • Perform technical assessments of jammer, RF, and antenna concepts and review specifications, simulations, test results, and compliance evidence.
  • Identify technical risks, performance gaps, and integration constraints, and support design reviews and system architecture decisions.
  • Develop link-budget, coverage, and J/S analyses and support modelling, verification, validation, and testing activities.

Requirements

  • Degree in electrical engineering, communications engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline.
  • Several years of professional experience in airborne RF systems, antenna system design, Electronic Warfare or Electronic Attack systems, radar or communications payloads, or RF payload integration.
  • Strong understanding of antenna parameters, radiation patterns, phased arrays, beam steering, and platform installation effects.
  • Experience defining and managing requirements for complex RF, mission, or defence systems.
  • Familiarity with RF link budgets, EIRP, propagation, receiver sensitivity, dynamic range, and interference analysis.
  • Understanding of jammer-effectiveness metrics such as J/S, burn-through range, effective radiated power, power-on-target, and spatial coverage.
  • Ability to assess complete systems rather than focusing only on individual components.
  • Experience with airborne-platform integration, environmental qualification, or flight-test activities is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic interference, antenna coupling, and co-site analysis is desirable.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and technical documentation skills, with the ability to work across multiple engineering disciplines and communicate with technical specialists and programme stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and VSOP options.
  • Relocation support of up to €2,500 plus 4 weeks of temporary accommodation.
  • Yearly learning allowance of €500/£450.
  • Gym membership and mental health support through Nilo.health.
  • Regular company events and monthly social allowances.
  • Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
  • 5 days of paid family emergency leave and a 100% remote work option during pregnancy with phased return to work.
  • Hands-on onboarding program (“Infraduction”) for engineering and AI hires.

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