Senior C++ Flight Software Engineer (f/m/d) Verified today
Your Role
You will strengthen Isar Aerospace's flight software capability by working on launch vehicle software including flight logic, mission sequencing, simulation environments and vehicle control software. You will raise engineering standards through expertise, judgement and execution.
In this role, you will:
- Lead or make major contributions to the design and implementation of complex flight software systems.
- Make pragmatic architectural decisions that balance correctness, maintainability, performance and long-term platform evolution.
- Help improve engineering standards, development practices and technical direction in areas of strong expertise.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews and day-to-day technical collaboration.
- Design and implement vehicle flight modes, mission sequencing and autonomy logic.
- Develop and improve simulation environments used for software development and validation.
- Write high-quality C++ and develop supporting tools and automation using Python and MATLAB.
- Investigate complex or difficult-to-reproduce issues through disciplined, data-driven root-cause analysis.
What You Will Bring
- Strong software engineering ability demonstrated through delivery of complex technical systems.
- Deep practical experience with C++ and software architecture.
- Strong understanding of software design, testing, debugging and maintainability.
- Ability to understand and improve large or complex codebases.
- Ability to raise the engineering standard of a team through review culture, knowledge sharing and making technical reasoning visible to others.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good engineering judgement and ability to make trade-offs explicit.
- Ability to work effectively across multiple technical disciplines.
- Disciplined, detail-oriented mindset with a strong commitment to software quality and root-cause problem solving.
Bonus Skills
- Experience in aerospace, space systems, robotics, autonomous systems, simulation, modelling, control systems, scientific computing, safety-critical software, embedded/real-time systems or distributed software.
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Linux, Git, CI/CD, SIL or HIL environments.
Location
Ottobrunn or Parsdorf, Bavaria, Germany.