Test Engineer - Environment

About the role

As an Environment Test Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, execution, and analysis of environmental stress test campaigns across drone sub-systems and Ground Support Equipment. You will act as a generalist within the Environmental Cluster, applying your knowledge to mechanical, thermal, and environmental qualification to validate survivability and performance under real-world stress.

Responsibilities

• Vibration & Shock Campaigns: Designing and executing vibration test campaigns on drone sub-systems and GSE hardware.
• Thermal Soak & Cycling: Executing controlled thermal exposure tests across the full operational temperature range.
• IP & Ingress Testing: Executing dust and water ingress tests on drone enclosures, connectors, and GSE hardware.
• Humidity, Salt Spray & Corrosion: Running humidity-controlled and salt-spray campaigns to identify corrosion risks.
• Altitude Simulation: Validating component behaviour under simulated low-pressure conditions.
• Fatigue & Endurance: Running high-cycle mechanical campaigns to characterize material and joint fatigue.
• Failure Mode Boundary Testing: Pushing hardware beyond its design limits to map the failure envelope and validate safety margins.

Required skills

• Environmental Standards
• Instrumentation
• DAQ
• Mechanical Systems
• Thermal Testing
• Metrology
• ITAR/EAR compliance

Nice to have

• Aerospace environment experience
• Defense environment experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Direct experience with environmental chamber operation, vibration testing, and physical instrumentation

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• VSOP options
• Relocation support
• Annual learning allowance
• Gym membership
• Mental health support
• Enhanced parental leave
• Paid family emergency leave

About the Company

Helsing is a defence AI company with a mission to protect democracies and achieve technological leadership. They are an ambitious team of engineers, AI specialists, and programme managers focused on solving complex problems in the defence sector.