Lead Field Engineer

Helsing develops artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities to protect and defend democracies.  We are growing our US operations, cultivating an ambitio u s and committed team of mission-driven professionals to apply their skills to solve challenging problems.  

A Lead Field Engineer owns  operations. They design the test campaigns, coordinate the teams, manage external partners, and are accountable for the result. They understand not just the technical  work  but the commercial and  program  context it sits in - why this demo matters, what the customer needs to see, how this feeds into the product roadmap. They shape what gets done, not just how.      

• Test combined software and hardware products end   - to   - end in the lab and in the field, capturing data and providing structured feedback to Helsing's  mechanical, electrical,  software ,  and AI engineers to drive product improvement
• Prepare, transport, mobilize and demobilize equipment at test locations — including  ports and offshore military test ranges and remote  environments — and execute tests  in real-world conditions  at sea
• Install AI software onto edge computing devices using Helsing's in-house deployment tools, ensuring systems are correctly configured for field conditions  
• Design, refine ,  and improve test plans and safety standard operating procedures, raising the bar for how Helsing conducts field operations . For example, this may include purchasing hardware, trialing new software tools for inventory management and QA, establishing new secure storage facilities, and preparing safety cases and submissions to aviation authorities.
• Define the resources required to maintain an effective and efficient field-testing  operation — for example, procuring hardware, trialing new software tools for inventory management and QA, or establishing support  vehicles/ vessels and  waterfront  on-site  storage
• Embed with  and   train  end users , and ensure safety of  all   participants at  field test events
• Advise on training course design and in-service support procedures, helping to shape how end users interact with Helsing's products
• Travel to testing locations across the US as well as UK, Germany and beyond as required
• Embed with  and host  Helsi ng  UK and EU  Field Engineers to  establish   company spanning best practices, procedures, and culture .
• Build and manage a team of field engineers to be the front lines of product deployment and critical connection from the end-users to product development  

• Have strong technical aptitude and can understand complex hardware and software products at a systems level — you are driven to understand how something works, or why it does not
• Have experience assembling, deploying, and troubleshooting robots,   a ircraft , watercraft,  or  other  autonomous  or  electromechanical  systems
• Are comfortable with software deployment  and debugging  tools including command-line interfaces,  and  creation and  implementation of  field fixes to mitigate hardware and electrical issues.
• Communicate clearly in writing and speech, producing concise documentation and explaining technical concepts effectively to both engineering and non-engineering audiences
• Have independently owned critical workstreams, identified problems and taken the initiative to reso