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, communicative, very friendly and competent manner makes it easy for you to be seen as an internal expert. You are highly self-motivated and drive your area of responsibility forward independently. Communication in English is a matter of course for you. Why Quantum-Systems: We believe in the power of combined efforts: straightforward tech expertise paired with a customer-centric focus. We are industry pioneers who are ambitious, bold, and visionary. We push limits, think outside-the-box and strive for technological excellence to shape the future of aerial data. We promise to be your runway for individual and professional growth. Our benefits: Company pension scheme: We support you so that you can already make provisions for later. Flexible working hours: With trust-based working hours, you are not only responsible for your working hours, but also for your work-life balance. Mobile Work: If things get a little busy in the office, you have the option to work remotely one flexible day per week to create the right balance. Stay active: With EGYM Wellpass, you get access to thousands of fitness and sports facilities — and of course, we subsidize the membership. Bike-Leasing: We support you in staying environmentally mobile and healthy. Corporate Benefits: Your opportunity for attractive offers and discounts from well-known suppliers and brands, e.g. Adidas, Apple, Expedia. Employee events: We not only want to grow together, but also ce