Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Your way into the future

Join us as Senior Embedded Software Engineer (m/f/d) and work with us on changing the future!

What awaits you at Mynaric

• Develop, document and maintain embedded software for laser communication terminal controllers, including drivers, platform software and application functions.
• Implement new Pointing, Acquisition and Tracking (PAT) modes and operational functions together with the Principal Embedded Software Engineer and control systems engineers.
• Test your own and the team's software from unit to system level, including automated, hardware-in-the-loop and benchtop test setups.
• Perform hands-on bring-up, integration and debugging on target hardware with electronics, FPGA and control teams.
• Develop test tools, simulators and data analysis scripts to speed up development and verification.
• Support terminal-level test campaigns and demonstrations, and drive issues to closure.
• Take on development or testing tasks flexibly, depending on project needs.

What you bring with you

Required Experience: Minimum 6 years of hands-on professional experience in the field.

• University degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of hands-on professional experience in embedded software development for real-time systems, including testing and integration on target hardware.
• Strong hands-on C/C++ skills; Python for test automation and tooling.
• In-depth knowledge of real-time embedded systems (RTOS, interrupts, DMA, timers, peripherals) and communication protocols (UART, SPI, CAN, Ethernet).
• Hands-on experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing and lab instruments (oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers).
• Experience with test frameworks, CI pipelines and requirements-based testing.
• Understanding of control systems or pointing/tracking functions is a plus; knowledge of space or aerospace standards is a plus.
• Flexible, hands-on mindset: comfortable switching between development, integration and testing within a multidisciplinary team.

What we offer you

Have you always wanted to wear your favorite space outfit to work? Then you are exactly the right fit for us! Forget the office politics and come and work with inspiring colleagues from all over the world as you embark on an incredible journey with Mynaric to work on unique and challenging projects and make a real contribution to the future of connectivity.

We offer you permanent employment, varied areas of responsibility, and attractive employee benefits. Mynaric is absolutely committed to being an equal opportunity employer so we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

So if this sounds like the kind of place where you would like to work then apply today and be part of the company that is changing the world!