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Deputy Flight Software Lead Verified today

The Exploration Company · Munich, Germany · Software · first seen 2026-10-09
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The Exploration Company is building spacecrafts for humanity. The Deputy Lead Flight Software reports to the Lead Flight Software and plays a key role in ensuring effective coordination and execution of Flight Software activities. You will act as a central interface across Flight Software, other functional disciplines, Mission Operations, and ESA.

Your responsibilities

  • Own and coordinate the development logic and schedule of Flight Software activities, ensuring consistency with overall team execution and correct prioritization
  • Manage and coordinate the relationship with ESA on Flight Software-related topics
  • Coordinate Flight Software risk management, ensuring risks are identified, followed up, and addressed
  • Ensure consistency, development, and maintenance of development tools required by the Flight Software team
  • Ensure a consistent cadence of checkpoints and coordinate the definition and closure of requirements with functional chain owners in other disciplines, Mission Operations, and within the Flight Software team
  • Support hiring activities and act as a point of contact for finance, export control, and other tasks linked to efficient operation of the Flight Software organization

What you bring

  • 5 or more years of professional experience
  • Strong structured thinking and ability to organize and manage complex topics
  • A strong "get things done" mindset
  • Experience in flight software development
  • Ability to work effectively across different functional teams and disciplines
  • Strong coordination and communication skills

About us

We are Agile, making decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind. We are Open and Collaborative, transparent about risks and obstacles so we can cooperate to overcome them. We have a lot of Fun, refueling our energy knowing we are democratising space.

Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate, including visa sponsorship where applicable. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.