Optical Sensing Test Engineer
Nice to have's
Job description
About the Position
Optical Sensing Test Engineer
Munich, Germany
About the Company
Helsing is a defence AI company dedicated to protecting democracies. We strive for technological leadership, ensuring open societies can make sovereign decisions and uphold ethical standards. Our team of engineers, AI specialists, and programme managers is committed to solving complex problems with an open and transparent culture.
Responsibilities
- Prototype Testing: Characterize new sensors and integrated sensing subsystems during development. Design, build, and run lab setups to meet performance requirements.
- Integration Support: Help decide how cameras and other sensors fit each new platform, including mounting angles, focus, field of view, and protective windows.
- Production Support: Define and run acceptance test procedures for every production unit before shipment.
- Supplier Evaluation: Assess new sensor suppliers and components against technical requirements before procurement.
- In-Service Root Cause Analysis: Investigate sensing failures in products already in use, reproduce faults, fix them, and provide structured findings to the design and manufacturing teams.
Requirements
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Must Have Skills:
- Hands-on experience testing optical cameras or imaging systems in a lab, industry, or applied research.
- Experience designing and building test setups, not just running existing procedures.
- Ability to turn specifications into test cases with clear pass or fail criteria.
- Structured and practical troubleshooting of hardware.
- Degree in engineering, physics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional proficiency in English.
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Note: We encourage applications from underrepresented groups. Ability and impact are more important than meeting all qualifications.
Nice to Have
- Experience with radar or LiDAR sensors.
- Experience with thermal (LWIR) cameras.
- Familiarity with sensor fusion, synchronization, or camera calibration.
- Programming skills in Python or MATLAB for test automation and data analysis.
- Experience with environmental testing, including temperature and vibration.
- Background in aerospace, defence, or another regulated hardware field.
- German language skills.
We Offer
- Competitive salary and VSOP options.
- Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation.
- Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance.
- Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health).
- Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances.
- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
- Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work.
- A hands-on onboarding program ("Infraduction") where you'll build tooling and applications across the company.
Join Helsing
At Helsing, you'll contribute to the protection of democratic countries while balancing ethical and geopolitical concerns. Our work is unique, operating in a domain with highly unusual technical requirements and constraints. We encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally. Teams and individual engineers are trusted to practice responsible autonomy and critical thinking.
Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
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