Lead Systems Engineer - LO Emission Control & RF Interoperability

As Lead Engineer for Low Observability & RF Interoperability, you lead initiatives to minimize electromagnetic signatures while ensuring RF systems co-exist without degradation. You own emission control and RF interoperability across airborne payloads, and drive system-level integration and verification for mission-critical performance in contested environments. You will shape emission control profiles, interference management, and signature-aware operation concepts. This role offers meaningful impact at Helsing, balancing ethics and advanced tech in defence.

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Relocation support
• Social and education allowances
• Regular company events and all-hands across Europe
• Equal opportunities employer
• Prospective career development

• Design and own emission control for the overall system (airborne platform and ground components)
• Own day-to-day RF interoperability across airborne payloads (radar/AESA, RWR/ESM, datalinks, SATCOM/LOS radios, GNSS, IFF, telemetry)
• Plan and execute EMC/EMI co-site assessments with analyses and mitigation recommendations
• Define and manage frequency plans, channelization, guard bands, and emission control profiles
• Develop signature-aware operation concepts with passive-first tactics and reporting policies
• Coordinate with LO/structures teams to ensure RF designs support low observability
• Run system-level trade studies and create integration and verification test plans
• Ensure operations under contested EW conditions with resilience and fallback modes
• Lead cross-functional issue resolution and coordinate corrective actions with vendors
• Manage supplier/customer RF exchanges and ensure compliance with platform constraints

• Hold a relevant degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field
• Experience delivering RF/EMC co-site interoperability on airborne platforms
• Hands-on experience with multi-sensor RF integration (AESA radar, ESM/RWR, datalinks/SATCOM/LOS radios, GNSS, IFF)
• Ability to perform interference/desense/intermod analyses and translate results into mitigations
• Experience building and executing EMC/EMI and OTA test campaigns with model-data correlation
• Understanding of antenna placement/coupling and integration with airframe/structures
• Demonstrated low-observability/signature-management mindset and EMCON concepts
• Fluency with requirements ICDs verification and traceability in a regulated aerospace environment
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical closure with suppliers and drive verified outcomes

• cross-functional collaboration
• problem solving
• strong communication
• RF/EMC co-site interoperability
• EMC/EMI and OTA testing
• AESA radar and multi-sensor RF integration