Staff AI Research Engineer - Computer Vision
Helsing · Munich - Berlin - London - Paris · Berlin · London · Munich · Paris
Defenseonsitestaff
At a glance
Highlights
- Build detection, recognition and tracking models for defence AI.
- Shape real-time perception under hardware and robustness constraints.
- Run large-scale training for foundation and auto-annotation models.
What they offer
- Competitive salary and VSOP options
- Relocation support up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
- €500/£450 yearly learning allowance
- Gym membership and mental health support via Nilo.health
- Regular company events and monthly social allowances
- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks primary, 6 weeks secondary caregivers
Ideal candidate
Mission-driven CV researcher who thrives turning SOTA ideas into robust, real-time deployed perception and enjoys collaborating across research, engineering and product in defence AI.
Requirements
- MSc in computer science, machine learning, robotics or related field
- Hands-on experience developing and deploying computer vision models for real-world use
- Deep familiarity with convolutional and transformer architectures for visual perception
- Experience with multi-task learning, domain adaptation or model compression
- Solid Python software engineering with testing, QA and monitoring for production AI
- Excellent communication skills presenting research clearly internally and externally
- Passion for following current research and reimplementing SOTA vision methods
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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