Helsing · 3 months ago
AI Engineer
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelHelsing is a defense AI company focused on protecting democracies through technological leadership. The role of AI Engineer involves developing machine learning and AI capabilities for semi-autonomous platforms, shaping the future of AI in challenging sectors while ensuring performance and robustness against adversarial attacks.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DronesInformation TechnologyMilitarySoftware
Responsibilities
Develop ML/AI that leverage and extend the latest state-of-the-art methods and architectures
Design experiments and conduct benchmarks to evaluate and improve their performance in real-world scenarios
Collaborate with people across several teams and backgrounds to integrate cutting-edge ML/AI in production systems
Qualification
Required
Hold an MSc in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer science or a related field with experience in conceptualizing, implementing, and thoroughly evaluating advanced AI-based systems
Have experience with the complete machine learning pipeline, from collecting and annotating data, to evaluating model architectures, and iteratively training and tuning models to meet performance requirements
Have excellent communication skills and the ability to report and present research findings clearly and efficiently both internally and externally
Possess solid software engineering skills, writing clean and well-structured code in Python and/or languages like Rust, Java, or modern C++, and experience deploying AI software to production including testing, QA, and monitoring
Have developed or implemented AI applications in defense and broadly understand defense specific use cases
Preferred
Designed, developed, evaluated state of the art AI methods on edge devices with limited compute resources and led their end-to-end product delivery
Experience with simulators, emulators, or synthetic data generators
A US security clearance at the Secret or above level
Benefits
Insurance coverage (medical and travel)
Flexible paid time off
Paid holidays
Remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position
Company
Helsing
Helsing develops AI-powered defense tech, focusing on drones and software, to enhance military capabilities for democratic nations.
Founded in 2021
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.52BKey Investors
Prima MateriaGeneral Catalyst
2025-06-17Series D· $694.05M
2024-07-11Series C· $489.33M
2023-09-14Series B· $222.27M
Leadership Team
Frederik Mattwich
Produktmanager
Keesiu Wong
Product Manager
Recent News
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