Flight Control Automation Engineer (m/f/d)

As a Flight Control Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in our mission aircraft team and ensure seamless operation and interaction of complex aircraft functions. As part of Quantum Systems’ aircraft division, you’ll contribute to one of the most exciting German aviation projects of the years to come. Working closely with the team around our aircraft activities, your role can span across multiple disciplines — from hands‑on technical work to system‑level responsibility. Our focus is on getting large airborne platforms into the air and ready for real operational use. What is your Day-to-Day Mission: Design, implement, and validate functions for automatic waypoint navigation and path planning Automate complex vehicle operations like pre-flight checks or test and maintenance procedures Derive operator interfaces for simplified vehicle operations Interact with various external avionics and payload components Develop software for safety-critical applications according to processes from requirements to test artifacts What you bring to the team: You have a Master’s degree in the field of aerospace engineering (or similar course of studies). You already have at least 1 year of professional experience in aerospace engineering with hands-on experience using MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow. Further programming languages are beneficial. You are knowledgeable about aircraft and flight operations. You are interested in automation and safety-critical software development. Your open