Your Impact

You will be part of a team that conceptualises, develops, tests, and integrates novel AI algorithms based on state of the art research for our distributed perception platform and edge capabilities.

What you will work on

You will develop, train and evaluate novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and methods that allow perception at the edge and decision support for real world applications in distributed and decentralised environments.

Who we are looking for

• MSc or Ph.D. in robotics, computer science, engineering or related field
• Experienced in conceptualising, implementing and thoroughly evaluating advanced AI-based systems
• Solid communication skills and the ability to report and present research findings clearly and efficiently both internally and externally
• Passionate about keeping up to date with current research and having fun to reimplement and extend papers on state of the art Deep Learning and Machine Learning-based approaches
• Solid software engineering skills, writing clean and well-structured code in python and/or modern C++

Nice to Have

• PhD in robotics, computer science, engineering or related field
• You have designed, developed, evaluated state of the art AI methods on edge devices with limited compute resources
• Hands-on experience with one of the following: Object Tracking , Object Detection, Metric Learning for Few- and Zero-Shot learning, or Generative Models
• Good grasp of modern neural network architectures e.g., FPN, SPP, Transformers, Graph NNs, etc
• Authored publications in top-tier conferences, e.g., CVPR, NIPS, ICCV, ICRA, IROS, etc
• Exposure to end-to-end product delivery by leading technical discussions and projects
• Experience developing or using high-fidelity simulation tools to generate realistic sonar data.
• Familiarity with pipelines for passive and active sonar applications, current research directions and strong opinions on the applicability of AI in this domain
• Expertise of fusion approaches for multi-sensor sonar systems for the purposes of understanding multiple sources
• Experience developing or using high-fidelity simulation tools to generate realistic signal data.
• Familiarity with pipelines for ELINT, Electronic Attack, Electronic Support, and Electronic Protect, and current research on the applicability of AI in these domains.

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition
• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers and software engineers. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission
• Define, create, and build from the ground up. Technology, processes, and even the organisation we are all part of
• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep tech company in Europe

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations
• The opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company with mission-orientated colleagues
• Diverse, collaborative and focused teams located in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris
• Flexible working hours
• Supportive team structures and regular feedback
• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe
• Competitive compensation and stock options

Your Impact

Software only matters when it is actively being used and making a difference. As a Deployed AI Engineer, you will be at the heart of this - taking state-of-the-art AI research and models, and integrating it into complex systems. You'll be defining and executing against the end-to-end outcome, and all steps on the way, to delivering novel capabilities in some of the most challenging environments around.

For example: you collaborate directly with customer avionics engineers to understand the data structures and APIs used in aircraft mission control systems. Instead of being scared, you embrace the complexity of unfamiliar databases, APIs, or network protocols; you dig into the specification and use your creativity and ingenuity to implement adapters for integrating them with Helsing’s cloud infrastructure. By working closely with our partners and customers (both metaphorically and quite literally), you continuously evolve, improve, and operate Helsing software. You own the outcome end-to-end.

What you will work on

In close collaboration with our product teams, you discover and formalise customer requirements, identify bugs, and ship the latest features directly to our users. Technology demonstrations are our chance to shine - you will coordinate between customers, partners, and Helsing engineers to showcase Helsing’s software and AI capabilities in simulations or with real systems.

Who we are looking for

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• You have a degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or other relevant fields.

• Your broad understanding and creative use of computer systems is the Swiss army knife in Helsing’s toolbox of world-class talent.

• You prefer asking questions over stipulating answers.

• You love figuring things out, digging deeper and deeper into unfamiliar systems until it finally clicks, and you understand how they work.

• You are not afraid of legacy systems and would rather make them work than give up and try to rewrite it all

• Bonus points if you have professional experience working in a defence context.

• You are comfortable with scripting languages such as Bash or Python and have experience with software engineering in C++, Java, Rust, or similar.

• You can navigate and configure Linux systems and have a basic understanding of network stacks and database systems.

• If Germany based- it is a requirement that you are able to speak business level or fluent German

Nice to have

• Experience with Rust and Python

• Experience with container-based and cloud-native application architectures

• Experience with maintaining and operating production systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar

• Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and streaming database systems

• Experience with production ML systems

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition

• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers and software engineers. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission

• Define, create, and build from the ground up. Technology, processes, and even the organisation we are all part of

• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep-tech company in Europe

• Have an enormous impact on some of the most important geo-political, global problems, with an ethics-first approach. We regularly host company-wide fireside chats on key global issues and ethics debates

• Be part of a transparent, friendly and outcome-driven culture where trust, respect, recognition and autonomy are at the forefront of everything that we do

What we offer

• The opportunity to drive impact and build the culture in one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe with mission-orientated colleagues

• A diverse, collaborative, hard-working team located in the heart of Munich, London, Berlin and Paris

• Opportunity to visit and work from our other offices

• Flexible working hours and locations

• Diverse team events and fun in and outside the office

• Regular company-wide get-togethers in locations across Europe

• Highly competitive compensation, stock options, and benefits package

• All the equipment and technology requirements you need to be successful

The grand scheme

The day-to-day

• You will support the engineering team, in various steps of the data preparation pipeline (collection, annotation, quality control, storage & management of mission critical datasets)

• When requested, working outdoors to collect / record video data, such as by flying drones, driving vehicles, and operating cameras

• You will use our data annotation tools to tag captured images / videos with metadata and upload them for access by other Helsing engineers

• You will assess, scope, and prioritise requests for data from other teams at Helsing

You’ll do great if you…

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• Hold a BSc in computer science, engineering or related field

• Are an independent and creative problem solving skills (you can make use of duct tape and a screwdriver)

• Possess strong communication skills, written and verbally

• Hold a driving licence valid in EU

• Have experience operating from a terminal and writing scripts to automate tasks, using a programming language such as Python

• Are meticulous at housekeeping and pay extra attention to detail

You’ll be even better prepared if you have …

• An interest in computer vision applications and familiarity with annotation tools such as CVAT

• Experience in data acquisition / annotation

• A license to fly drones (Open A3)

• An interest in defence hardware or previous service in the armed forces

Why Helsing

The work is important. We aim to give democracies the tools they need to thrive and protect themselves. At Helsing, you’ll be working on problems that directly impact the defence of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns, and few things are as important as that.

The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical concerns are vital. Combined with the high-impact, real-world, cross-cutting nature of the work, you get access to unique Engineering and AI challenges that make meaningful impact in the world.

The work is interesting. 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. We have to constantly innovate to stay ahead and to make possible the seemingly-impossible intersection of requirements placed upon the systems we build and deploy.

The company is ambitious. 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, which makes for a dynamic work environment with lots of room for exploration and variation, and the possibility of being a critical part of truly groundbreaking projects. And doing so has yielded results: we already operate in four countries, and have landed multiple significant government contracts despite being a relatively young company.

The company invests in its people. Every start-up claims that they have excellent engineers and want to hire top talent. We’re no different. What sets Helsing apart is that for us hiring and developing our people is a matter of necessity. In our domain, the level of engineering excellence throughout the company has severe real-world ramifications, and our customers and partners depend on our engineering teams' continuous improvement to stay ahead.

People are trusted. We firmly believe that no one person has all the answers, especially in our domain, and that ensuring all voices can be heard is how we minimise the risk of poor judgement. 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 practice 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.

What we offer

• Flexible working focused around outcomes, not time-tracking

• Competitive compensation and stock options

• Relocation support

• Social, education, and gym subsidies and allowances

• Regular company events and all-hands to bring together employees as one team across Europe

• A hands-on onboarding program (affectionately labeled “Infraduction”), in which you will be building tooling and applications used across the company. This is your opportunity to learn our tech stack, explore the company, and learn how we get things done - all whilst working with other engineering teams from day one

The impact you will make

The basis for intelligent systems is the ability to perceive and interact with the real world. At Helsing we push the limit of what is possible by developing AI-based capabilities that allow semi-autonomous platforms to localise, navigate, and perceive the world in its probabilistic spatio-temporal structure.

You will design, implement, and operate real-world solutions that move the needle in critical situations. You will collaborate closely with a team of world-leading AI researchers and software engineers to build a distributed ecosystem of AI capabilities, data systems, and user-facing applications. The core engineering challenge is to manage this complexity while keeping our systems fast, reliable, and scalable.

What you will work on

• Contribute to our product roadmap and architecture by ideating with customers and colleagues

• Build new components and services from scratch and improve existing systems

• Share your knowledge and learn from your co-workers in tech talks, mentoring programmes, design reviews, RFCs, and so on

• Design and implement real-time data and processing systems within sizing, bandwidth, and latency requirements

• Design and implement backend services and APIs for our user-facing applications

• Holistically make our software work—from build and deployment systems over algorithms and databases to deployment, metrics, and operations

Who we are looking for

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• Ability to write legible, maintainable, and performant code that adheres to well-documented coding standards

• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written

• Strong backend architecture and development experience with Rust, Java, Python, or C++

• Experience with API and serialisation frameworks like REST, GraphQL, gRPC/Protobuf, Arrow

• Passion for software development and staying on top of current technologies

Nice to Have

• Experience with Rust and Python

• Experience with container-based and cloud-native application architectures

• Experience with maintaining and operating production systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar

• Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and streaming database systems

• Experience with production ML systems

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition

• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers, software engineers and domain experts. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission

• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep-tech company in Europe

• Have an enormous impact on some of the most important geopolitical problems, with an ethics-first approach. We regularly host company-wide fireside chats on key global issues and ethics debates

• Be part of a transparent, friendly and outcome-driven culture where trust, respect, recognition and autonomy are at the forefront of everything that we do

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations.

• The opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company with mission-orientated colleagues.

• Diverse, collaborative and focused teams located in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris.

• Flexible working hours.

• Supportive team structures and regular feedback.

• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe.

• Competitive compensation and stock options.

• An “Infraduction” onboarding program for all new engineers in which you’ll pick up our tools and systems, and learn about what each of our engineering teams do and how you can contribute

• Annual learning budget for you to purchase books, courses, etc for your professional development

Your Impact

Together with our product designers and engineers, you will be responsible for creating the user-friendly UI for our spatiotemporal data in a 3D environment (browser & desktop). We need your creative vision and UX/UI sensibility to combine our user interface design seamlessly with the 3D real-time rendered world. You will be working closely with our other research and development teams to thoroughly understand the information you will be presenting.

What you will work on

• Holistically make our user interface work (from scribble to production ready code)
• Design and manage our visual design together with our product management team
• Take care of our component library and ensure it is complying with our needs (visual design, re-usability, etc)
• Design and implement our user experience frontend tech-stack
• Create and maintain build and deployment pipelines
• Manage data handling within sizing, bandwidth and latency requirements on your mind in the user interface (latencies, loading times, etc)
• Design and implement new features
• Continually optimise our user experience for performance

Who we are looking for

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• Very strong Frontend design and coding experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML and CSS
• Experience with APIs and other server-client communication like REST and GraphQL
• Solid front-end architecture and software design ability
• State of the art experience with frameworks/SDKs in frontend like React
• Component Libraries like Material UI
• Build, deployment and dependency management systems like NPM and Yarn
• Experience with running a live production software
• Passion for development and staying on top of current techniques
• Ability to write clear, maintainable, portable code that adheres to a well-documented coding standard

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition
• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers, software engineers and domain experts. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission
• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep-tech company in Europe
• Have an enormous impact on some of the most important geopolitical problems, with an ethics-first approach. We regularly host company-wide fireside chats on key global issues and ethics debates
• Be part of a transparent, friendly and outcome-driven culture where trust, respect, recognition and autonomy are at the forefront of everything that we do

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations
• The opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company with mission-orientated colleagues
• Diverse, collaborative and focused teams located in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris
• Flexible working hours.Supportive team structures and regular feedback
• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe
• Competitive compensation and stock options

Your Impact

Software only matters when it is actively being used and making a difference. As an Outdoor Software Engineer, you will be at the heart of taking state-of-the-art AI research and models, and integrating it into complex systems. You'll be defining and executing against the end-to-end outcome, and all steps on the way, to delivering novel capabilities in some of the most challenging environments around.

Our Outdoor Software Engineers take on the requirements of any other software engineer at Helsing and hands-on software engineering is still the core of their role. The main difference is that, a lot of the time, you’ll be doing this away from your desk and often in outdoor locations, in and around our geographical hubs.

For example: you will collaborate directly with customer avionics engineers to understand the data structures and APIs used in aircraft mission control systems. You'll embrace the complexity of unfamiliar databases, APIs, or network protocols; you dig into the specification and use your creativity and ingenuity to implement adapters for integrating them with Helsing’s cloud infrastructure. By working closely with our partners and customers (both metaphorically and quite literally), you continuously evolve, improve, and operate Helsing software. You own the outcome end-to-end.

What you will work on

In close collaboration with our product teams, you discover and formalise customer requirements, identify bugs, and ship the latest features directly to our users. Technology demonstrations are our chance to shine - you will coordinate between customers, partners, and Helsing engineers to showcase Helsing’s software and AI capabilities in simulations or with real systems.

Who we are looking for

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• You have a degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or other relevant fields.

• Your broad understanding and creative use of computer systems is the Swiss army knife in Helsing’s toolbox of world-class talent.

• You prefer asking questions over stipulating answers.

• You love figuring things out, digging deeper and deeper into unfamiliar systems until it finally clicks, and you understand how they work.

• You are not afraid of legacy systems and would rather make them work than give up and try to rewrite it all

• Bonus points if you have professional experience working in a defence context.

• You are comfortable with scripting languages such as Bash or Python and have experience with software engineering in C++, Java, Rust, or similar.

• You can navigate and configure Linux systems and have a basic understanding of network stacks and database systems.

• If Germany based- it is a requirement that you are able to speak business level or fluent German

Nice to have

• Experience with Rust and Python

• Experience with container-based and cloud-native application architectures

• Experience with maintaining and operating production systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar

• Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and streaming database systems

• Experience with production ML systems

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition

• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers and software engineers. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission

• Define, create, and build from the ground up. Technology, processes, and even the organisation we are all part of

• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep-tech company in Europe

• Have an enormous impact on some of the most important geo-political, global problems, with an ethics-first approach. We regularly host company-wide fireside chats on key global issues and ethics debates

• Be part of a transparent, friendly and outcome-driven culture where trust, respect, recognition and autonomy are at the forefront of everything that we do

What we offer

• The opportunity to drive impact and build the culture in one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe with mission-orientated colleagues

• A diverse, collaborative, hard-working team located in the heart of Munich, London, Berlin and Paris

• Opportunity to visit and work from our other offices

• Flexible working hours and locations

• Diverse team events and fun in and outside the office

• Regular company-wide get-togethers in locations across Europe

• Highly competitive compensation, stock options, and benefits package

• All the equipment and technology requirements you need to be successful

Your Impact

As our Munich Office Manager/ Team Assistant, you will have the opportunity to create a place with an inclusive and warm atmosphere where our colleagues and external parties feel at home. Overseeing all general office operations, you enjoy organising and hosting meetings and events, as well as coordinating key meetings, communications, and daily business activities.

What you will work on

• Creating a place with an inclusive and warm atmosphere
• Coordinating appointments and hosting meetings onsite
• Organising and overseeing general office operations and activities
• Organising and coordinating team and group activities such as education workshops or team offsites
• Purchasing office supplies and maintaining proper stock levels
• Making travel arrangements and detailed travel itineraries
• Maintaining the filing and administrative systems

Who we are looking for

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Demonstrable organisation skills
• Reliability and discretion: you will be around sensitive information
• Excellent computer skills, including a high degree of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Your own personal values match ours: ownership, initiative, dedication to mission, speed and inclusiveness
• You are a high performer who thrives in a fast-pace environment
• You are collaborative, humble and a problem-solver
• Fluent in German and English

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition.
• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers and software engineers. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission.
• Define, create, and build from the ground up. Technology, processes, and even the organisation we are all part of.
• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep tech company in Europe.

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations.
• The opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company with mission-orientated colleagues.
• Diverse, collaborative and focused teams located in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris.
• Flexible working hours.
• Supportive team structures and regular feedback.
• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe.
• Competitive compensation and stock options.

Your Impact

We are looking for a talented Graphic Designer designer to help nurture, steer and shape an ambitious and mission driven brand. You are creatively driven, have an acute aesthetic judgment and attention to detail that ensures Helsing always appears at high quality and with purpose. You are eager to push new and fresh designs, can deliver bold concepts from ideation to execution whilst being attuned to audience needs.

What you will work on

• Develop the Helsing visual aesthetic and ensure high quality and consistent execution across all touch points
• Designing compelling visuals and graphics for application across digital, printed and experiential environments
• Campaigns, social, product, events, interiors, photography, retouching and motion
• Creation of presentation materials to support business & customer communications
• Collaboration with great agency partners
• Participate in shoots to provide creative oversight and quality control
• Keep abreast of advancements in design as well as new software techniques and contemporary trends

Who we are looking for

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• You have a passion for design
• A portfolio that reflects a range of design styles, demonstrating high-quality content across disciplines. Please include a PDF document or link to your portfolio, as well as links to websites and/or videos that show your best work
• An understanding of visual storytelling and typography
• The term pixel perfect is not foreign to you, you have a laser-sharp eye for detail
• Experience developing and working with brand guidelines
• Proactive learning of new technologies, software and industry innovations
• Excellent communication skills; the ability to work collaboratively, clearly articulate and present creative concepts
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with the latest design tools and an in-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, in particular Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign (After Effects or Premier a bonus)
• Your own personal values match ours: ownership, initiative, dedication to mission, speed and inclusiveness
• You are collaborative, humble and a problem-solver
• Graphic Design/Communication Design degree or considerable work experience  within an agency, in-house creative department or as a freelancer
• Fluent in English (French desirable)

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition
• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers, software engineers and domain experts. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission
• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep-tech company in Europe
• Have an enormous impact on some of the most important geopolitical problems, with an ethics-first approach. We regularly host company-wide fireside chats on key global issues and ethics debates
• Be part of a transparent, friendly and outcome-driven culture where trust, respect, recognition and autonomy are at the forefront of everything that we do

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations
• The opportunity to drive impact and build culture in one of the fast-growing company in Europe with mission-orientated colleagues
• A diverse, collaborative and hard-working team located in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris
• Flexible working hours
• Supportive team structures and regular feedback
• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe
• All the equipment and technology requirements you need to be successful
• Competitive compensation and stock options

Your Impact

Our Talent Acquisition team supports the company’s growth by engaging and attracting top tier talent across all our functions. We are looking for people with their heart in the right place, who share our conviction that democratic values are worth protecting, for ourselves and for future generations. We are a team of 9 with a passion for talent density, candidate experience, and data driven hiring processes. We are looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Munich office to support hiring within Tech and Engineering.

What you will work on

• Partner closely with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process to ensure their hiring needs and goals are met

• Develop creative sourcing strategies to find the best talent, in a highly competitive landscape

• Engage top flight candidates, and assess their motivations, values and skills

• Partner closely with candidates, keeping them updated at all stages, communicating feedback in a constructive way and negotiating offers

• Collaborate with team members to innovate our research strategy for talent pooling, market mapping and competitor analysis

• Be the expert on the talent market in Germany

Who we are looking for

• A proven track record of in-house recruiting for engineering profiles

• Experience with sourcing, engaging and activating passive candidates

• Proven technical sourcing experience

• Deep understanding of balancing candidate experience and an impactful interview process

• Knowledge and passion for providing meaningful business insights through recruitment data

• Experience of engaging with diverse talent pools

• German and English language proficiency

Why Helsing

The work is important. We aim to give democracies the tools they need to thrive and protect themselves. At Helsing, you’ll be working on problems that directly impact the defence of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns, and few things are as important as that.

The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical concerns are vital. Combined with the high-impact, real-world, cross-cutting nature of the work, you get access to unique Engineering and AI challenges that make meaningful impact in the world.

The work is interesting. 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. We have to constantly innovate to stay ahead and to make possible the seemingly-impossible intersection of requirements placed upon the systems we build and deploy.

The company is ambitious. 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, which makes for a dynamic work environment with lots of room for exploration and variation, and the possibility of being a critical part of truly groundbreaking projects. And doing so has yielded results: we already operate in four countries, and have landed multiple significant government contracts despite being a relatively young company.

The company invests in its people. Every start-up claims that they have excellent engineers and want to hire top talent. We’re no different. What sets Helsing apart is that for us hiring and developing our people is a matter of necessity. In our domain, the level of engineering excellence throughout the company has severe real-world ramifications, and our customers and partners depend on our engineering teams' continuous improvement to stay ahead.

People are trusted. We firmly believe that no one person has all the answers, especially in our domain, and that ensuring all voices can be heard is how we minimise the risk of poor judgement. 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 practice 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.

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations.

• The opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company with mission-orientated colleagues.

• Diverse, collaborative and focused teams located in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris.

• Flexible working hours.

• Supportive team structures and regular feedback.

• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe.

• Competitive compensation and stock options.

Who we are

Helsing is a new type of defence AI company. We believe that software, in particular artificial intelligence, will be the key to protecting our democracies. We partner with industry and governments to connect existing and new hardware platforms with advanced AI. We’re a diverse team of world class, ambitious, and impassioned engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are proud of the world-class team we have built from diverse backgrounds, combining deep experience in software, defence, intelligence, artificial intelligence, and software engineering. We are looking for others to join our European teams to apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems in defence.

Your Impact

As Senior Commercial Manager for Helsing UK, you will play a key role in successfully taking our industry leading AI and Software products to market with both our strategic defence partners and military customers. Working closely with our UK Programmes & Partnerships team, you will develop innovative commercial strategies to propel the Helsing mission to provide AI to defend our democracies. You will be instrumental in unlocking the power of AI in Defence. This is an exciting opportunity to build an important new AI led defence tech company which will help redefine military capability.

What you will work on

• Developing breakthrough commercial strategies in support of our domain strategies and product roadmaps.
• Building high level and enduring commercial relationships with defence customers based on a transformative outcomes.
• Supporting the bid process; developing robust and realistic commercial models and compelling pricing strategies which will deliver the company’s ambitious growth expectations.
• Leading commercial negotiations with an innovative mindset and a flare to find novel solutions within the UK defence procurement regulatory environment.
• Building business cases for new opportunities and innovative projects, researching new clients and markets.
• Cost analysis to improve bid development and forecasting accuracy.
• Contract management in support of our programmes and partnerships team.
• Implementation of contract reporting.

Who we are looking for

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• Commercial acumen and a creative approach to securing new business based an in-depth, practical understanding of defence/government contracting from both the customer and supply chain perspective.
• Deep understanding of software product contract and licensing models.
• Ability to work across and support all aspects of commercial activity – strategy, bids, procurement, and contract management.
• Capable of informing, driving, and influencing the successful submission of bids and proposals.
• Strong financial modelling skills – ability to analyse and present findings to support and initiate new business development ideas.
• Strong problem solving and project management skills.
• Proven experience of managing successful contract performance.
• The ability to work collaboratively across a small, but rapidly growing, team.
• Exceptional communications skills which is versant in standard defence terminology with fluent written English.
• A driven self-started who is able to engage all levels of the business.
• Professional membership of an appropriate body (IACCM/CIPS/RICs etc).

This position requires the successful applicant to apply for and be granted UK security clearance at SC level and potentially other NATO security clearances.

Why Helsing

The work is important. We aim to give democracies the tools they need to thrive and protect themselves. At Helsing, you’ll be working on problems that directly impact the defence of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns, and few things are as important as that.

The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical concerns are vital. Combined with the high-impact, real-world, cross-cutting nature of the work, you will tackle challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world.

The technical work is interesting. 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. We have to constantly innovate to stay ahead and to make possible the seemingly-impossible intersection of requirements placed upon the systems we build and deploy.

The company is ambitious. 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, which makes for a dynamic work environment with lots of room for exploration and variation, and the possibility of being a critical part of truly groundbreaking projects. And doing so has yielded results: we already operate in four countries, and have landed significant government contracts despite being a relatively young company.

The company invests in its people. Everyone claims that they have excellent people and want to hire top talent. We’re no different. What sets Helsing apart is that for us hiring and developing our people is a matter of necessity. In our domain, the level of excellence throughout the company has severe real-world ramifications, and our customers and partners depend on our teams' continuous improvement to stay ahead.

People are trusted. We firmly believe that no one person has all the answers, especially in our domain, and that ensuring all voices can be heard is how we minimise the risk of poor judgement. We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual are trusted (and encouraged) to practice 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.

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations 
• The opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company with mission-orientated colleagues 
• Diverse, collaborative and focused teams located in Berlin, Munich, London and Paris 
• Flexible working hours 
• Supportive team structures and regular feedback 
• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe 
• Stock options for all employees