Quality Assurance Engineer - Development

Who we are

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.

The role

As a Quality Assurance Engineer – Development, you will play a central role in both maintaining our Quality Management System and ensuring quality assurance is embedded throughout the development lifecycle of our projects. Working within the Quality System & Development Assurance team, you will operate across two closely related areas: supporting the ongoing operation and improvement of our QMS in line with EN 9100 and AQAP standards, and acting as responsible Quality Assurance Engineer on software-intensive programmes.

You will set priorities, make decisions, and take initiative to drive forward your workstreams. You will work directly with project teams, process owners, and external stakeholders, requiring you to communicate with precision and confidence in both English and German. You will be expected to navigate complex contractual and regulatory quality requirements, translate them into practical quality plans, and ensure compliant execution throughout the project lifecycle.

The day-to-day

• Maintain and continuously improve the QMS to meet EN 9100 (incl. ISO 9001) and AQAP standards - working with process owners across the organisation to ensure the system remains coherent and evolves with the business, while monitoring quality data such as NCRs and OFIs to identify trends and drive improvement.

• Plan, manage, and conduct internal QMS audits; support the preparation and execution of third-party certification body and customer audits.

• Act as the responsible Quality Assurance Engineer on programmes - engaging during contract requirements development, coordinating and signing off quality plans, and overseeing quality-compliant execution through gate reviews and project audits.

• Bring development assurance expertise to software-intensive programmes - working alongside engineering teams to ensure software quality requirements are correctly interpreted, embedded in development processes, and verifiable at each stage of the lifecycle.

• Liaise with process owners, project teams, and external stakeholders including defence customers and their quality representatives, representing the Quality function at formal customer interfaces. <h2 id="You’ll-do-great-if-you….3" data-renderer-start-pos="15247&q