Data Processing Software Maintenance Engineer [25210]

HE Space is a successful international space company. For 40 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. 

We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.

HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting. We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry.

• Implement and integrate architectures or elements of architectures for data processing ground segments and their components; – with special emphasis on level 0, level 1, and level 2 near real-time data processing;

• Maintain and evolve existing operational data processing ground segments applications or application components especially for those under configuration control;

• Expert advice to the procurement and installation of software, and the co-ordination of software releases with external providers of support services;

• Generate formal project documentation;

• On-call support for monitoring and supporting operational teams in daily activities.

• Bachelor in IT or a relevant discipline; 

• Strong background in the analysis, troubleshooting, and verification of software issues and experience on the maintenance of complex  real-time software, especially using C++ and Java;

• Excellent technical writing skills, in particular in the area of formal technical documentation, e.g. requirements, design documentation, test procedures, maintenance procedures;

• Requirements management experience using DOORS;

• Experience with operational Earth Observation science data processing;

• Experience of operating and maintaining software systems in Linux, AIX, and Solaris;

• Competence in software testing, unit test suite maintenance, automated testing, verification and validation;

• Use of and application programming of database systems in PostgreSQL and MySQL;

• Fluency in English is mandatory and knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

This position is based in Darmstadt, Germany.

If you believe you have what it takes for this position, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF format) to Andrés Izquierdo by clicking on the ‘Apply for this job’ button and quoting job reference 25210..

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

Last apply date: 31/03/2026!