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Machine Learning Engineer, Detection and Tracking

Helsing · Washington, DC

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own detection and tracking models powering autonomous drone products.
  • Work across electro-optical, infrared and other imaging sources.
  • Contribute directly to protection of democratic countries.

What they offer

  • Focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
  • Insurance coverage including medical and travel
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Paid holidays

Ideal candidate

Mission-driven applied ML engineer with 5+ years turning vision systems into reliable production products. You have strong data intuition, take end-to-end ownership, and want your work to defend democracies.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in applied machine learning or computer vision
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field; Master's or PhD preferred
  • Production experience training and deploying object detection models
  • Proficient in Python and PyTorch or comparable deep learning framework
  • Strong intuition for data quality, training curves and evaluation metrics
  • Experience with full model lifecycle from curation and annotation to deployment
  • Experience optimizing models for SWaP-constrained and edge platforms
  • Hands-on understanding of multi-object tracking
  • U.S. citizenship required
remote policy
Remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position

Lab profile

About Helsing

Defence AI company building AI-enabled capabilities to protect democracies.

What they build

  • Autonomous combat drones (HX-2)
  • AI agents for fighter aircraft
  • AI-based surveillance and reconnaissance systems

Known for

  • Defence AI
  • Autonomy and robotics
  • Perception and sensor fusion
  • Avionics and systems engineering

Key facts

  • Founded in 2021
  • Headquartered in Berlin, Germany
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