# Test and Evaluation Engineer at Helsing

- Company: Helsing
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, General Catalyst and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://helsing.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Washington, DC
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-11
- Apply: https://helsing.ai/jobs/4962228101?gh_jid=4962228101
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/helsing-test-and-evaluation-engineer/

## About the role

In this role, you will be part of our hardware and platform integration team, focusing on the rigorous testing, validation, and evaluation of our Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems and AI-enabled flight capabilities. Your mission will span the complete development and deployment cycle: from laboratory-based software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations to demanding field trials under real-world, degraded, and adversarial conditions.

## What they're looking for

- Design, build, and scale rigorous test and evaluation (T&E) pipelines for our autonomous UAV fleet, encompassing physical hardware, flight controllers, communication and sensor payloads, and AI edge-perception models
- Own planning and execution of Modeling and Simulation (M&S), Software-in-the-Loop (SIL), and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) analysis to stress-test subsystem integrations and real-time software prior to physical flight
- Collaborate directly with our software, ML research, and hardware design teams. You won't just report bugs, you'll partner directly to translate test findings into robust, hardened engineering solutions
- Hold a BSc, MSc, or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field
- Have 7+ years of experience in testing, validation, and evaluation of complex autonomous systems, ideally UAVs, robotics, or aerospace platforms for US military customers
- Are highly proficient in Python, C++, or MATLAB for data analysis, log parsing, and automating validation setups

Tags: Deployed Engineering