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# Test Engineer - Environment

- **Company:** Helsing GmbH
- **Location:** München, Germany (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Code Coverage, Subsystems, Test Data
- **Published:** October 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/test-engineer-environment-helsing-10239107

## About the Role

* Environmental Standards Literacy: Working knowledge of applicable standards as the primary frameworks for environmental test campaign design and execution.
 * Instrumentation & DAQ: Expert in physical instrumentation-strain gauges, accelerometers, thermocouples, pressure transducers, and load cells. Ability to configure and operate DAQ systems across a wide range of test scenarios.
 * Mechanical Systems Understanding: Solid understanding of structural mechanics, material fatigue, vibration dynamics, and shock response for both metallic and composite structures.
 * Thermal Testing: Experience with thermal chambers, thermal cycling rigs, IR cameras, and thermocouple mapping.
 * Environmental Test Equipment Operation: Hands-on experience operating vibration tables, shock rigs, thermal chambers, IP spray equipment, and salt-spray cabinets.
 * Metrology: Proficient with precision measurement tools (load frames, calipers, torque meters, dimensional gauges) for pre- and post-test validation.
 * Basic Familiarity with Weapons Hardware Constraints: Understanding of the physical and regulatory constraints that govern the environmental testing of defense-related hardware. Specifically:
 * Awareness of ITAR/EAR export control obligations when handling test data and reports related to lethality hardware.

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

 * Bachelor's degree (B.Sc. or B.Eng.) in a relevant engineering discipline.
 * Direct experience with environmental chamber operation, vibration testing, and physical instrumentation is mandatory.
 * Prior exposure to defense, dual-use, or regulated hardware in a test context is strongly preferred.
 * Experience in an aerospace or defense environment operating under ITAR/EAR or equivalent national defense export control frameworks is an advantage.

## Description

As an Environment Test Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, execution, and analysis of environmental stress test campaigns across the full range of drone sub-systems and Ground Support Equipment (GSE). As a generalist within the Environmental Cluster, you will apply your knowledge to mechanical, thermal, and environmental qualification-across multiple hardware domains. The Environmental Cluster is the "Physical Reality" team within the Test Department. Where other clusters validate functionality, the Environmental Cluster validates survivability and performance under real-world stress.

The cluster is organized around domain specialists-Launch Systems, Ground Communication Systems-but requires a generalist backbone to ensure test coverage continuity across all sub-systems, absorb campaign overflows from specialist engineers, and extend the cluster's capability into emerging and sensitive hardware domains.

The day-to-day

 * Vibration & Shock Campaigns: Designing and executing vibration test campaigns (sine sweep, random vibration, shock) on drone sub-systems and GSE hardware to simulate transport, operational, and launch-induced dynamic environments.
 * Thermal Soak & Cycling: Executing controlled thermal exposure tests across the full operational temperature range on any sub-system assigned by the Head of Testing or cluster lead.
 * IP & Ingress Testing: Executing dust and water ingress tests on drone enclosures, connectors, and GSE hardware to validate field survivability.
 * Humidity, Salt Spray & Corrosion: Running humidity-controlled and salt-spray campaigns to identify corrosion risks in connectors, structural joints, and electronic housings.
 * Altitude Simulation: Validating component behaviour under simulated low-pressure conditions relevant to the operational altitude range of the drone.
 * Fatigue & Endurance: Running high-cycle mechanical campaigns to characterize material and joint fatigue over the required operational life of any assigned sub-system.
 * Failure Mode Boundary Testing: Deliberately pushing hardware beyond its design limits to physically map the failure envelope and validate safety margins across all assigned sub-systems.