Simulation Engineer

Have built and maintained simulation environments for a real physical system aerospace, automotive, robotics, or a similarly dynamic and safety-relevant domain

Understand the underlying physics well enough to know when a model is a reasonable simplification and when it isn't, flight dynamics, aerodynamics, structures, or controls, depending on your background

Are strong in a relevant programming/scientific computing environment (Python, MATLAB/Simulink, C++, or equivalent), and write simulation code that other engineers can actually use and trust

Have experience validating simulation output against real test or field data, and can reason about the gap between the two

Are comfortable working with uncertainty, Monte Carlo methods, sensitivity analysis, and communicating results probabilistically rather than as a single "answer"

Collaborate effectively across disciplines and can explain simulation results and their limitations clearly to people who aren't simulation specialists

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.

Experience with 6-DOF flight/missile simulation specifically, or engagement-level/wargaming simulation

Experience with CFD, FEA, or other high-fidelity physics-based modelling tools

Familiarity with real-time or hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulation environments

Experience building simulation tooling or infrastructure used by a wider engineering team, not just yourself

Exposure to flight test or range test data analysis and model correlation

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