Senior Operational Architect/Analyst (UCAV)

The role

You will define how the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system operates and show that it works. You will shape operational weapon system architecture, oversee simulation studies, and use operations research methods to set operational requirements.

What you will do

• Write and maintain the UCAV Concept of Operations (ConOps)
• Define the operational weapon system architecture
• Present trade-offs between capability, cost and risk to engineering teams and customers
• Build and validate mission scenarios reflecting realistic European NATO operations
• Oversee and evaluate operational analysis simulation studies
• Apply operations research methods and report findings to shape requirements and design priorities
• Translate European NATO requirements into traceable, testable system requirements
• Brief customers and internal teams on results

Required qualifications

• Have created operational weapon system architectures and ConOps documents that shaped a real system
• Have designed operational scenarios and supervised simulation studies
• Have carried out operational analysis and applied operations research methods, such as modelling, optimisation and statistical analysis, to Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles or comparable combat air system
• Have served in a NATO military and understand how European NATO countries define and prioritise requirements
• Explain complex analysis clearly to military users, engineers and senior decision-makers

Nice to have

• Have worked with national procurement bodies or contributed to multinational NATO requirements processes
• Have applied AI or autonomy-enabled methods to operational analysis, such as automated scenario generation or large-scale simulation

Benefits

• Competitive salary and VSOP options
• Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
• Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
• Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)
• Social: regularly 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

About the company

Helsing is a defence AI company. Their mission is to protect democracies through technological leadership.