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Hardware Electronics Engineer - Robotics

On-site in Barcelona·Added 7 months ago (last checked 26 Oct)

Helsing

8 open roles

Our summary

Work mode
On-site, Barcelona
English
Required
Experience
5+ years
Education
University degree
Benefits
Gym access

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Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Have at least 5 years of experience designing electronics (schematic, PCB design)

  • Have a BSc in electronics (MSc preferred)

  • Are proficient in English

  • Are able to work independently, owning a project from concept to validation

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with robotics or robotic actuation systems

  • Experience working in a startup or R&D environment, where adaptability and initiative are key

  • Experience in student projects like Formula Student

  • BLDC controller experience (from a Hardware design or a control system perspective)

  • Experience in high level integration systems

  • Firmware development experience

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Competitive salary and VSOP options

  • 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

  • A hands-on onboarding program (affectionately labelled "Infraduction"), in which you will be building tooling and applications to be used across the company. This is your opportunity to learn our tech stack, explore the company, and learn how we get things done - all whilst working with other engineering teams from day one

The role

We are looking for an experienced and passionate electronics engineer with a hands-on and problem-solving mindset to join us at our office in Barcelona. You will work on solving real challenges in a fast-paced environment, working as part of a multidisciplinary team pushing the boundaries of what is possible in cutting-edge legged robotics. You will design and develop electronic systems, including schematics (SCH) and printed circuit boards (PCBs), from concept to implementation. We are seeking someone who is both talented and deeply motivated: someone who can identify and tackle complex challenges, turn bold ideas into reality, and make a meaningful impact as part of an ambitious team

What you'll do

  • Defining system and component-level specifications

  • Designing schematics for complex electronic systems

  • Performing PCB layout design, from initial concept through to manufacturing

  • Defining and executing validation and test plans

  • Contributing to system-level design and architecture decisions

  • Troubleshooting and debugging electronics and electrical systems across hardware and firmware

About Helsing

Helsing is a defence technology company that develops AI-powered solutions for modern military operations. The company builds a full-stack defence platform, combining hardware, software, and AI to enhance situational awareness and decision-making for armed forces. With a workforce of around 300 employees, Helsing operates at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research and practical defence applications, serving clients across Europe.

Helsing has established a significant presence in Spain, with an office in Madrid that serves as a hub for its AI research and engineering activities. The company actively recruits international talent, offering roles for AI researchers, firmware engineers, and robotics specialists. For international professionals, Helsing provides a dynamic, mission-driven work environment with a strong focus on innovation and technical excellence, making it an attractive option for those looking to contribute to meaningful technology in the defence sector.

Industry
Defence Tech
Founded
2021
Employees
100–500
Headquarters
Munich, Germany
In Spain
Madrid

Good to know if you are moving

  • Helsing offers a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between remote and on-site work in Madrid.
  • The company's work language is English, making it accessible for international hires.
  • Helsing focuses on AI and defence technology, a niche sector with high growth potential.
  • The Madrid office is a key hub for AI research and engineering, offering opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology.
  • The company provides a competitive compensation package and supports visa sponsorship for international employees.

In their own words

About the company & team

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.

Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields

  • Helsing's work is important. You'll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

  • The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

  • Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

  • In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

  • We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn't work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

Additional information

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.

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.

Helsing's Candidate Privacy and Confidentiality Regime can be found here.

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