Software System Engineer
The Exploration Company3 months ago
Munich, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Contribute to V&V and IV&V activities for flight software functional, performance, and safety requirements.
- Manage requirements tracing from system-level requirements through software implementation, testing, and verification artifacts.
- Prepare and review software certification and NASA Safety Review documentation.
- Interpret, tailor, and apply formal software and safety standards.
- Interface with internal Product Assurance and collaborate with system engineering and software development teams.
- Develop and maintain the software functional design baseline.
- Plan software testing for the integrated mission.
- Use C++ and Python in software design and test discussions.
Requirements
- Experience with safety-critical or highly regulated software systems, preferably in aerospace.
- Strong understanding of requirements management, V&V, testing, and certification processes.
- Strong software engineering background with practical experience in flight software frameworks and modern C++.
- Experience with real-time systems, embedded development, or spacecraft software.
- Familiarity with software testing methodologies and simulation tools.
- Familiarity with standards including SSP 50808, NASA-NPR-7150.2, NASA-STD-8739.8B, RCC319, and ECSS-Q-ST-80C.
- Experience with human-rated spaceflight programs, model-based systems engineering, CI/CD systems, or build systems is a plus.
- Strong cross-disciplinary communication, collaboration, attention to detail, quality focus, and familiarity with agile development practices.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is provided for candidates willing to relocate, including visa sponsorship where applicable.
- The company describes an agile, open, collaborative, and mission-driven work environment.
About The Exploration Company
The Exploration Company designs and builds Nyx, a reusable cargo spacecraft for in‑orbit transportation and Earth return, selling mission services to commercial and institutional customers. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Gauting, Bavaria, the privately held company focuses on logistics to and from low Earth orbit and beyond. It flew a reentry technology demonstrator on Ariane 6’s inaugural launch in 2024 as a step toward operational missions.