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Ground Systems Software Architect

Germany, Immenstaad am Bodensee · Job Posted February 22, 2026
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At Airbus, our purpose is to improve life on Earth and beyond through our cutting-edge space technologies. With every technological breakthrough, we bring people closer together, we navigate new frontiers and we discover new and unexplored destinations. And we don't just take innovations to space - our space solutions and projects help solve global challenges on Earth. We are looking for a candidate to become our new Ground Systems Software Architect (d/m/f) for national space projects within Airbus Space Engineering, located in Friedrichshafen, Germany. You will be a member of the System Architecture & Lead Engineering Team with great team-players aside you. You will join a diverse and empowered team working on Space & Ground Systems Architectures, Secure Space Solutions, Systems Engineering, Development, Operations, Data Processing, and Performance Modelling. You will benefit from training opportunities and new ways of working (home office, digital tools, flexible working hours etc.). You will find great leadership teams whose priority is to support your development, foster team spirit and give meaning to your activity in a global Airbus environment. On top, thanks to the high diversity of jobs and competencies that we can offer in our domain, you will have opportunities to grow & prepare your longer-term development plan. We are looking for diverse people to design creative ground system solutions. As a Software Architect (d/m/f) for ground systems, you will be part of a team based in Immenstaad supporting our integrated national space mission project teams. Beside these operational activities, you will contribute to our transformation plan that has the vision to become national champion for high-performance Ground-Space Mission Solutions. You will work on concrete operational tasks while capitalising return of experience for future secure space solution improvement. Join our empowered and engaged teams!

Job Responsibility

  • Definition and design of Satellite Ground Systems: use of state-of-the-art methods (Scrum, Model-Based Systems Engineering)
  • Requirements analysis and architecture definition for Ground Segments regarding: satellite monitoring and control, interfaces to ground stations, mission planning systems
  • Design trade-offs and interface management: evaluation and optimization of design decisions, identification of internal and external interfaces, creation of interface documents (ICD)
  • Specification of hardware and software elements as well as redundancy concepts
  • Cost estimates for Ground Segment development and operation
  • Support in system development, AIV (assembly, integration, verification)
  • Contributions to proposals and studies as well as research and development activities
  • Technical management for the procurement of software components
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration: Space Segment Engineering, Performance Engineering, Operations Engineering

Requirements

  • completed university degree in Computer Science or equivalent qualification
  • more than 5 years of professional experience in software development (agile development, Linux environments, DevOps, Cloud platforms such as Kubernetes)
  • technical expertise: infrastructure design and integration
  • experience with RedHat and RedHat OpenShift is a plus
  • adaptability and willingness to learn: Interest and ability to quickly familiarize oneself with new technologies
  • project experience: experience working on classified projects (an advantage)
  • experience in managing technical stakeholders (an advantage)
  • soft skills: good communication and presentation skills
  • team-oriented work style
  • language skills: fluent German and English
  • French language skills (a plus)

Nice to have

  • experience with RedHat and RedHat OpenShift
  • experience working on classified projects
  • experience in managing technical stakeholders
  • French language skills

What we offer

  • training opportunities
  • new ways of working (home office, digital tools, flexible working hours etc.)
  • support for development
  • opportunities to grow & prepare longer-term development plan

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