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As a Flight Software Engineer (f/m/d), you are responsible for the design, implementation, and evolution of all onboard flight software for Dcubed’s payloads and spacecraft. You define a robust flight software architecture covering mission logic, modes, data handling, communications, and autonomy, taking into account the constraints of space operations. You work closely with our Embedded Avionics Engineer, systems engineering, and electronics to ensure reliable, testable, and mission-ready software.
What you will do:
Design and own the flight software architecture for payloads and spacecraft
Define software concepts of operations (ConOps), mission modes and state machines
Implement flight software covering:
Mission logic and mode handling (safe mode, commissioning, nominal, debugging, etc.)
Data acquisition, handling, storage, and downlink
Command handling and fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR)
Interfaces to avionics hardware, sensors, and actuators
Adapt and extend vendor-provided onboard computer software, and progressively reduce reliance on proprietary stacks
Define software interfaces and abstractions in close collaboration with avionics colleagues
Provide recommendations to systems engineering
Support software testing, debugging, and validation in the lab and during integration
Define software-related documentation, interfaces, and test procedures
Act as the primary technical owner for all flight software activities within the avionics team
Must-haves:
Education: MSc in Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
2-5 years of professional experience in flight software, embedded software, or spacecraft software
Experience developing software for space, aerospace, or other safety-critical systems
Experience working in small few-people teams
Technologies
Structure programming (C/C++ / Python / CMake) with git, testing frameworks, CI
Experience with ARM-based microcontrollers
Familiarity with ECSS standards
Understanding of space software constraints
Fluent English
Eligibility to work in Germany
At Dcubed, we enable the future of space missions with high-performance, flight-proven release mechanisms and deployable structures. From cutting-edge Release Actuators to scalable Deployable Solar Arrays and innovative Deployable Antennas, our technologies are designed for user friendliness, availability, and reliability — whether for smallsats in LEO or large missions to Moon, Mars and beyond.