Flight Software and Test Engineer

As a Flight Software & Test Engineer , you are responsible for the design, hands-on testing, implementation, and evolution of 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 Avionics Integration Team 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
• Hands-on software loading, testing, debugging, and validation in the lab and during integration
• Define software-related documentation, interfaces, and test procedures
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for flight software activities within the avionics and missions teams.

Must-haves

• Education: Bachelor's of Science in Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• You can be newly graduated with experience in flight software, embedded software, or spacecraft software
• Experience developing software for space, aerospace, or other safety-critical systems
• Experience working in small teams
• Technologies
• Structured programming (C/C++ / Python / CMake) with git, testing frameworks, CI
• Experience with ARM-based microcontrollers

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $70,000 - 120,000 per year (based on experience and qualification)
• Flexible PTO and sick leave
• Generous parental leave
• Hybrid work flexibility when applicable
• Premium Coffee, Beverage, and Snack Bar at the office
• Dog friendly environment
• Team events
• Opportunities for professional growth with a rapidly scaling aerospace company
• For full-time employees:
• Competitive health insurance (medical, vision, dental)
• 401(k), plus company matching
• Discounted Pet Health Insurance

About Us

Dcubed is a fast-growing NewSpace company headquartered in Germering/Munich which accelerates space exploration through durable and affordable space hardware. Our easy-to-use and readily available space mechanisms and subsystems (solar arrays, deployable structures) have flown over a dozen times to space and are used by many of the leading space companies in the world. We are an inclusive workplace where all are welcome (f/m/d).

Equal Opportunity Employer

Dcubed is an Equal Opportunity (EO) employer and recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected status under applicable law.