The Role
Lead system-safety across platforms by developing and maintaining the System Safety Programme Plan (SSPP), coordinating hazard identification, PHA and risk assessments, defining system-level safety architecture, ensuring traceability of safety requirements, integrating weapon-specific safety needs, producing safety evidence (e.g., SAR), and ensuring compliance with applicable safety regulations and standards.
Summary Generated by Built In
Who we are
Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.
As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.
We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams, and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.
The role As Safety Manager (System Safety), you will lead the system-safety domain across our platforms. You will develop and maintain the System Safety Programme Plan (SSPP) and coordinate hazard identification, preliminary hazard analysis (PHA), risk assessment and system-level safety architecture. You will ensure safety requirements trace cleanly to system functions, and lead system-wide safety activities that identify, assess and mitigate weapon-specific safety requirements. Your work integrates every weapon safety demand into the system safety lifecycle and keeps our systems compliant with applicable regulations. You make sure the technology that protects our democracies is safe by design, and safe in the field.
The day-to-day - Develop and maintain the System Safety Programme Plan (SSPP) as the authoritative reference for all system-safety activities
- Coordinate hazard identification, preliminary hazard analysis (PHA) and risk assessment across the system safety lifecycle
- Define and govern system-level safety architecture, ensuring full traceability of safety requirements to system functions
- Aide the process of getting newly developed systems into service by assessing the system safety and deriving necessary evidence (e.g. SAR)
- Lead the identification, assessment and mitigation of weapon-specific safety requirements, integrating them into the system safety lifecycle
- Ensure compliance with applicable safety regulations and standards across all system-wide safety deliverables
- Lead system-safety programmes and own artefacts such as the SSPP end to end
- Conduct hazard identification, PHA and risk assessment across complex systems
- Define system-level safety architecture and maintain traceability from requirements to functions
- Assess and mitigate weapon-specific safety requirements within a system safety lifecycle
- Interpret and apply relevant safety regulations and standards in a defence or safety-critical context
- Communicate fluently in German and English (C1 or equivalent) to collaborate internationally and locally
Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.
Nice to have - Familiarity with functional safety standards such as MIL-STD-882 or comparable frameworks
- Working knowledge of safety practices in weapon systems or safety-critical aerospace platforms
- 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
These are the core benefits across all locations; there may be additional benefits in specific sites.
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. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.
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Skills Required
- Lead system-safety programmes and own artefacts such as the SSPP end to end
- Conduct hazard identification, preliminary hazard analysis (PHA) and risk assessment across complex systems
- Define system-level safety architecture and maintain traceability from requirements to functions
- Assess and mitigate weapon-specific safety requirements within a system safety lifecycle
- Interpret and apply relevant safety regulations and standards in a defence or safety-critical context
- Communicate fluently in German and English (C1 or equivalent)
- Familiarity with functional safety standards such as MIL-STD-882 or comparable frameworks
- Working knowledge of safety practices in weapon systems or safety-critical aerospace platforms
Helsing Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Helsing and has not been reviewed or approved by Helsing.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered top-of-market and competitive for specialized engineering and AI roles across key European hubs. Feedback suggests total compensation is a consistent strength relative to other aspects of the workplace.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity or VSOP is a core component of offers, giving employees meaningful participation in the company’s growth. Feedback suggests these equity grants are viewed as a significant upside alongside high base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include extended paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers, paid family emergency leave, and flexibility such as remote options during pregnancy and phased return. Feedback suggests these family‑oriented perks stand out for a high‑growth tech scale‑up.
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The Company
What We Do
Helsing is a new type of security and artificial intelligence company. We believe that software – and, in particular, artificial intelligence – will be the key capability to keep liberal democracies from harm. Our ambition is to achieve global technology leadership in real-time information processing, turning unstructured sensor data into information advantage for democratic governments. Our platform aims to provide the clearest picture possible in any operating environment. We’re looking for people with their heart in the right place, who share our conviction that liberal democratic values are worth protecting, for ourselves and for future generations.
