Lead Systems Engineer - LO Calculations & Supplier Parts

• Direct high-fidelity RCS simulations using MoM and MLFMM for airframe and payload-driven signature topics

• Implement Physical Optics analyses for electrically large structures and fast-turn trade studies

• Construct and maintain analysis models, managing CAD cleanup, material assignment, boundary conditions, and excitation setups

• Create and optimise triangular surface meshes to ensure convergence and numerical stability

• Conduct sweep campaigns across frequency, aspect, and polarisation to generate actionable deliverables including RCS polars and sensitivity studies

• Diagnose and resolve solver issues such as convergence, mesh quality, and numerical artefacts

• Guide signature-reduction trade studies collaboratively with structures and low-observability teams

• Correlate simulation results against range and anechoic measurements, quantifying error bars and documenting assumptions

• Optimise workflows for high-performance computing execution to automate result post-processing

• Produce comprehensive program artefacts and clear, decision-ready reports for design reviews

• Coordinate supplier activities for RCS calculation and testing

• Hold a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline

• Have delivered computational electromagnetic and RCS analysis for complex aerospace platforms, including materials and radome modelling

• Possess practical expertise with MoM/MLFMM and Physical Optics methods, demonstrating when to apply each

• Are proficient in meshing and CAD-to-solver workflows, capable of diagnosing and resolving geometry-driven numerical problems

• Can coordinate large sweeps on high-performance computing clusters, applying an understanding of solver scaling and convergence controls

• Communicate complex results effectively to provide clear design guidance, hotspot attribution, and trade-offs

• Understand extensions such as PTD, UTD, and edge diffraction methods

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

• In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about