Embedded Software Engineer

<br><strong>What you'll do</strong><br> <li>Design, develop, and maintain embedded software that runs close to hardware on flight and ground systems.</li> <li>Implement real time software on Embedded Linux, RTOS, or bare metal platforms, with a focus on determinism, reliability, and performance.</li> <li>Develop and maintain low level drivers, interfaces, and middleware for sensors, actuators, and avionics hardware.</li> <li>Write high quality C and/or C++ code that meets the demands of safety critical, high performance systems.</li> <li>Work closely with electronics, avionics, and systems engineers to co-design hardware and software interfaces.</li> <li>Support integration, debugging, and testing on real hardware, including bring up, fault isolation, and performance tuning.</li> <li>Where useful, leverage model based design and code generation (e.g. MATLAB/Simulink) to accelerate development and reduce error.</li> <li>Contribute to FPGA adjacent development or VHDL based workflows where they interface with embedded software.</li> <br><strong>Who you are</strong><br> <li>An embedded software engineer with 3+ years’ experience working close to hardware in aerospace, defence, or similarly demanding systems.</li> <li>Comfortable developing on Embedded Linux, RTOS, or bare-metal platforms, with a strong intuition for timing, determinism, and resource constraints.</li> <li>Fluent in C and/or C++, with a focus on correctness, clarity, and long-term maintainability.</li> <li>Someone who enjoys debugging on real hardware, not just in simulation or abstraction layers.</li> <li>Experienced collaborating tightly with electronics and avionics engineers, and shaping interfaces rather than just consuming them.</li> <li>Pragmatic about tools, open to model-based development where it accelerates delivery without obscuring behaviour.</li> <li>Curious about FPGA-adjacent workflows and comfortable interfacing with low-level logic when required.</li> <li>Motivated by building flight-critical software in a small team where your code directly affects system behaviour.</li> <br><strong>What we offer</strong><br> <li>A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.</li> <li>Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.</li> <li>High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.</li> <li>A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.</li> <li>A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.</li> <li>Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.</li> <p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>