Software Development Engineer - Embedded Real-time SW (m/f/d)

Salary: 70.000 - 100.000 € per year

Requirements:

Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar studies

5–7 years of professional experience in a similar field

Familiarity with space standards: ECSS-E-ST-40C, ECSS-Q-ST-80C, and ECSS-E-ST-70-41C

Experience following software development processes, standards, and practices, including OPAL, MISRA, static code analysis, and code coverage

Experience with embedded software and resource-limited systems

Knowledge of real-time systems and operating systems, including RTEMS

Experience developing for bare-metal targets without memory protection

Programming skills in C/C++ and assembler (SPARC, ARM)

Ability to understand hardware datasheets

Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Mil-Bus, SpaceWire, and CAN

Proficiency with the GNU compile environment

Experience with software development tools such as Eclipse, make, Confluence, Git, Jira, Gerrit, Doxygen, and Polyspace

Proficiency with standard software packages, including Linux, Windows, and Office

Good communication skills and ability to work autonomously

Intercultural teamworking skills

English and German language skills

Responsibilities:

Transform system software requirements (SSS) into detailed software requirements (SRS)

Analyze embedded and real-time implementation constraints, including memory size, CPU load, and deadlines

Design software, including task scheduling, I/O, functional algorithms, and software mode management

Design hardware/software interfaces, including I/O, interrupts, and timing

Implement software requirements through coding

Integrate and debug hardware and software using tools such as JTAG and gdb

Support verification activities, including coding rules, metrics, and code coverage

Execute software validation activities, including unit and functional testing

Control the configuration of software and validation elements

Generate software documentation in accordance with the ECSS process

Work across disciplines with other functional domains, including Simulator (FVI) and Database (DB)

Support schedule and cost control for software development

Analyze the requirements baseline provided by System Engineering through the Software Architect and define software functional behavior

Define embedded software architecture, both static and dynamic

Implement the functionalities specified in the requirements baseline

Execute hardware/software integration and functional qualification before integration into Payload AIT

Carry out activities in accordance with external and internal software process standards, including ECSS-E-ST-40C and ECSS-Q-ST-80C

Drive internal efficiency improvements, productivity, processes, and industrialization topics for the Digital Payload Processing entity

Technologies:

ARM

Architect

Confluence

Eclipse

Embedded

GNU

Git

Hardware

Support

JIRA

Linux

Windows

C++

Mobile

VHDL

More:

We are Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, seeking a Software Development Engineer – Embedded Real-Time SW (d/f/m) to support our On-Board Processing department in Ottobrunn. You will join the transnational Digital Payload Centre of Competences within our Space Systems Engineering organization, working across France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The team delivers qualified on-board and on-ground processing chains for Telecom and Navigation Digital Payloads and RF Sensing, and supports software delivery, operations, and functional validation for Optical and Radar Instruments. Our Ottobrunn site is near Munich, with the Alps and Lake Starnberg within an hour. We offer attractive remuneration and additional benefits, 30 days of annual leave based on a 35-hour week, flexible working arrangements, professional development and international career opportunities, health programs, on-site facilities, and an inclusive environment with more than 140 nationalities. This is a permanent professional-level role in Software Engineering. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and support personal growth with customized development solutions.

last updated 44 week of 2026