Embedded Software Engineer FCS & FMS (f/m/d)

Are you creative and innovative? Are you customer- and solution-oriented? Are you prepared to re‑think software development? Are you looking for a new challenge? There is a possibility for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer FCS & FMS (m/f/d) at Airbus Defence and Space in Manching. The successful applicant will join the department “Flight Control Software”. This team is developing safety‑critical software, covering manned and unmanned air vehicles in several programmes such as Eurofighter and Eurodrone.

Your location

Located an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up‑and‑coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of nearby cities are still within easy reach.

Your Benefits

• Attractive salary and special payments
• 30 days paid vacation and extra days‑off for special occasions
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great international, group‑wide development prospects
• Special benefits: employer‑funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, subsidies for public transport, employee benefits at cooperating companies
• On‑site facilities: Medical officer for check‑ups and other health‑related services, canteen and cafeteria, kindergarten close to the site
• Compatibility of family & work (job sharing, part‑time models, flexible working hours, individual timeout)
• Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard

Your tasks will be

• Being part of an agile team that designs, implements, and tests safety‑critical real‑time software
• Development of embedded applications and low‑level platform software for Flight Control Computer
• Software reviews and documentation
• Design and documentation of software architecture
• Support the planning of software increments
• Contribution to design definition and improvement
• Analysis of stakeholder needs and/or upper‑level requirements and specification of actionable requirements
• Write requirements in compliance with quality criteria
• Define requirements allocation to system elements
• Manage requirement changes, including impact analysis
• Verify requirements are correctly and completely implemented

What we are looking for

• University Degree in Computer Science or similar
• 5 years of work experience or 3 years if you have a Master’s degree
• Passionate Software Developer and Teamplayer
• Very good knowledge in C and Ada
• Very good knowledge in Embedded Systems Software Development and/or low‑level Platform Software
• Very good knowledge of Processors and Processor architectures for Safety Critical Computing
• Experience in Hardware/Software Interface Definition
• Experience with programming standards and Model‑based System Design (data flow and state machine diagrams)
• Experience with SCADE and Automated Code Generation and Requirements Engineering
• Hands‑on experience with safety‑critical Standards (ED‑12C/DO‑178C, ED‑218/DO‑331, ED‑80/DO‑254)
• Experience with ARINC 653 based HRTOS and IMA (ED‑124/DO‑297) desired
• Fluent in English and German

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to