Aerospace software and IT jobs in Germany

Aerospace software and IT: 210 open roles at 31 companies in Germany. 189 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship, export-control eligibility or a government security clearance. 13 mention relocation support.

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BAE Systems

baesystems.com
baesystems.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Naval Systems • Combat Aircraft • Defense Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 281, 71 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Naval Systems • Combat Aircraft • Defense Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 281, 71 new
BAE Systems is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, building combat aircraft, warships, submarines, land vehicles, electronic systems and cyber and intelligence products. Formed in 1999 from the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and has major operations in the UK, the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and works on the Edgewing combat air programme. It hires hardware, software, structures, flight systems and spacecraft engineers, test and manufacturing specialists, project managers, supply chain and procurement staff, and graduates.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 12 hours ago Hiring now · 86%

Software Engineer

$52k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
C++
DevOps
Windows
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 7 days ago Likely open · 55%

Senior Software Engineer

$69k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Germany) • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
Ada
C#
C++
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Isar Aerospace

isaraerospace.com
isaraerospace.com • HQ: Ottobrunn, Germany • Aerospace Manufacturing • Launch Services • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 114, 9 new
HQ: Ottobrunn, Germany • Aerospace Manufacturing • Launch Services • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 114, 9 new
Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace company headquartered in Ottobrunn, near Munich, and was founded in 2018. The company develops and builds the Spectrum launch vehicle, a two-stage rocket designed to transport small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into orbit. It operates production facilities in Germany and utilizes launch sites such as the Andoya Spaceport in Norway to provide flexible and cost-effective access to space for global commercial and government customers.
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior DevOps Engineer (f/m/d)

≈ $70k – $126k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Parsdorf, Germany) • PhD • Senior
Bash
PowerShell
Python
C#
C#
.NET
Databases
ClickHouse
MS SQL
Apache Kafka
Databricks
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Helm
GitLab CI
HAProxy
GitOps
ArgoCD
Azure AKS
Platform Engineering
Incident Management
DNS
Ansible
Terraform
Linux
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
Least Privilege
Microsoft Entra ID
IoT
MQTT
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 14 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Manager Network & Systems Administration (m/f/d)

≈ $64k – $154k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Parsdorf, Germany) • Senior
Bash
Python
DevOps
Red Hat
Debian
HAProxy
Nginx
Configuration Management
Proxmox VE
KVM
DHCP
VLAN
BGP
OSPF
VMWare
TCP/IP
DNS
Ansible
Terraform
Linux
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
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dlr.de • HQ: Cologne, Germany • Natural Resources • Farming & Agriculture • Space & Aerospace • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 184, 184 new
HQ: Cologne, Germany • Natural Resources • Farming & Agriculture • Space & Aerospace • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 184, 184 new
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national research centre of Germany for aeronautics and space, headquartered in Cologne, conducting research and development in aviation, space, energy, transport, security and digitalisation. It runs dozens of institutes at sites such as Braunschweig, Stuttgart, Ulm, Hamburg, Jena, Bremerhaven and Jülich, and also hosts the German Space Agency, which manages the country's space programme. It hires researchers, engineers and software developers, along with many working students, interns and master's thesis candidates in areas such as quantum technologies, future fuels, flight software and space debris risk.
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Verified live · 7 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Forschungs-Software-Ingenieur/in (w/m/d) - Weiterentwicklung von Gewittervorhersagen

$71k – $111k per year • In office (Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany) • German: C1 • English: B2
Python
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Ingenieur/in, Datenwissenschaflter/in, Informatiker/in (w/m/d) - Optimierung UAS-Schwärme

$85k – $122k per year • In office (Braunschweig, Germany) • Citizenship or vetting required • German: C1
C++
Python
AI/ML
Reinforcement Learning
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Airbus

airbus.com
airbus.com • HQ: Blagnac, France • Defense Manufacturing • Satellite Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Aircraft Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1970 • Trust B • Hiring 2308, 316 new
HQ: Blagnac, France • Defense Manufacturing • Satellite Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Aircraft Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1970 • Trust B • Hiring 2308, 316 new
Airbus is a European aerospace group formed in 1970 as a consortium of French, German, British and Spanish manufacturers to build a competitor to the American aircraft industry, and now the largest commercial aircraft maker in the world. Its passenger jets run from the A220 through the best-selling A320 family to the A350 widebody, built in an unusual pan-European industrial system where major sections are made in different countries and flown to final assembly lines. Beyond airliners it is the largest civil helicopter maker, builds telecommunications and observation satellites, and supplies military aircraft including the A400M transport.
Lars Wagner · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Carmen-Maja Rex · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Alberto Gutierrez · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Catherine Jestin · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

ERP (SAP) Platform & Infrastructure Specialist (m/w/d)

≈ $53k – $111k per year (Estimated) • In office (Augsburg, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • German (Optional) • English: C1
ABAP
ABAP
SAP BTP
Databases
SAP HANA
DevOps
SOAP
Rest API
Windows
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 days ago Likely open · 63%

IT Infrastructure Operations Specialist (m/w/d) – HPE & VMware

≈ $44k – $87k per year (Estimated) • In office (Ottobrunn, Germany) • Full-Time • German: C1 • English: C1
PowerShell
Python
DevOps
VMWare
Incident Management
Ansible
Management
ITIL
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OHB

ohb.de
ohb.de • HQ: Bremen, Germany • Earth Observation • Satellite Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1981 • Trust B • Hiring 115, 14 new
HQ: Bremen, Germany • Earth Observation • Satellite Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1981 • Trust B • Hiring 115, 14 new
OHB is a European space and technology group headquartered in Bremen, Germany, that develops and builds satellites and complete space systems, supplies components for launcher programmes and operates satellite systems. Controlled by the Fuchs family since 1981, the listed group has built navigation satellites for the Galileo programme along with weather, Earth observation and reconnaissance spacecraft, and employs over 3,000 people at sites including Munich, Mainz, Augsburg, Gilching and Brno. It hires spacecraft design, avionics, embedded software and radar subsystem engineers, product assurance and AIT team leads, Earth observation project managers and dual study students.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 days ago Likely open · 63%

Pentester / Security Engineer (m/w/d)

≈ $65k – $145k per year (Estimated) • In office (Bremen, Germany) • German: C1
Red Teaming
DevOps
Azure
Cybersecurity
SIEM
Active Directory
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 days ago Likely open · 63%

AIT System Engineer (m/f/d)

≈ $58k – $114k per year (Estimated) • In office (Bremen, Germany)
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The Exploration Company

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exploration.space • HQ: Munich, Germany • Aerospace Manufacturing • Space Services • Est. 2021 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 100, 8 new
HQ: Munich, Germany • Aerospace Manufacturing • Space Services • Est. 2021 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 100, 8 new
The Exploration Company is a Munich based European company founded in 2021 that is developing the Nyx reusable space capsule. Its spacecraft is designed to carry cargo and eventually crew to orbital stations, with a modular architecture and green propulsion. The company has flown demonstration missions and raised one of Europe's largest space funding rounds.
Helene Huby · Legal representative · decision-maker
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Verified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsorship 4 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Avionics System Engineer (Flight Computer System)

≈ $68k – $124k per year (Estimated) • In office (Munich, Germany) • Relocation • Full-Time
Agile
SpaceTech
CCSDS
MedTech
Verification & Validation
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Verified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsorship 7 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Software System Engineer

≈ $69k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Relocation • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Management
Agile
SpaceTech
ECSS
MedTech
Verification & Validation
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 49C++ 41Linux 30CI/CD 27Java 18Ansible 16Kubernetes 15Windows 14Agile 13Git 13Verification & Validation 13Docker 12Bash 10Terraform 10DNS 10PowerShell 9

Where the roles are

Munich 35Bremen 24Ottobrunn 22Manching 22Schrobenhausen 16Berlin 11Darmstadt 10Ulm 10Augsburg 9Immenstaad am Bodensee 9

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

189 of the 210 roles here state no citizenship, export-control or security-clearance demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which aerospace companies hire most?

Airbus (79), MBDA Deutschland (19), OHB (18), German Aerospace Center (15), Leonardo (8).

Which roles count as aerospace jobs?

Every propulsion, GNC, avionics, aerodynamics, structures, spacecraft, satcom, launch, flight test and aircraft maintenance role at any employer, and the engineering, science, technician, data and IT roles of the aviation and space companies - aircraft makers and airlines' engineering, launch, satellites, Earth observation, eVTOL. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out, and so is weapons and missile work.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 210 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 23 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0