Helsing

Helsing

Software Engineer, Rust

Washington, DC

No sponsorshipDetected 35 days ago
RustC++AlgorithmsMachine LearningRoboticsSensors

About the role

  • You will work on Altra, Helsing's drone software platform, primarily written in Rust.
  • You don't need to be a drone expert - but you should be a strong systems programmer who thrives in low-latency, high-reliability environments and is excited to apply those skills to a mission-critical product.
  • Collaborating with ML engineers to integrate AI/ML pipelines into the broader system

Responsibilities

  • You will design and build systems-level software that powers autonomous capabilities in challenging operational environments.

Requirements

  • Have 5+ years of experience in systems-level software engineering
  • Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • Are proficient in Rust, or have strong experience in C++ or another systems-level compiled language with a willingness to work in Rust daily

Nice to have

  • Direct experience with Rust in production systems
  • Background in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or drone systems
  • Experience with sensor fusion or multi-sensor data processing
  • Familiarity with swarming, multi-agent systems, or decentralized coordination algorithms
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Company info

  • Helsing develops artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities to protect and defend democracies. We build Altra, an AI-powered drone software platform, and HX-2, our autonomous drone. We are growing our US operations, cultivating an ambitious and committed team of mission-driven professionals to apply their skills to solve challenging problems.
  • The role
  • You will work on Altra, Helsing's drone software platform, primarily written in Rust. You will design and build systems-level software that powers autonomous capabilities in challenging operational environments. You don't need to be a drone expert - but you should be a strong systems programmer who thrives in low-latency, high-reliability environments and is excited to apply those skills to a mission-critical product.
  • The day-to-day
  • Designing, building, and maintaining Rust services across the Altra platform
  • Working across the stack, from networking and protocol implementation to application-level services
  • Contributing to increasingly advanced autonomy features
  • Developing and testing software using simulation environments
  • Writing software that must perform reliably on resource-constrained platforms under real-world constraints
  • Have experience building distributed systems, particularly in unreliable or constrained network environments
  • Helsing develops artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities to protect and defend democracies.
  • We build Altra, an AI-powered drone software platform, and HX-2, our autonomous drone.
  • We are growing our US operations, cultivating an ambitious and committed team of mission-driven professionals to apply their skills to solve challenging problems.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • citizen eligible to obtain a security clearance
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