Linux Software Engineer (m/f/d)
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Posted: April 1, 2026
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Quick Summary
As a Linux Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the Linux-based systems powering our unmanned aerial vehicles at Quantum-Systems. You will work closely with stakeholders from various departments to integrate hardware, third-party software, and onboard applications into a high-performance Linux platform. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate expertise in Linux kernel development, system architecture, and software engineering.
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Job Description
As Linux Software Engineer, you will be a key part of our System Architecture team to develop and maintain the Linux-based systems powering our unmanned aerial vehicles at Quantum-Systems. Together with our World-Class-Team, currently 3 team members, you will take an empowering role: pushing the boundaries of drone technologies.
You will be working closely with stakeholders from the Avionics, Systems Engineering, and Flight Testing departments to integrate hardware, third-party software, and onboard applications into a high-performance Linux platform.
Providing a reliable, scalable, and mission-critical software environment is essential to Quantum-Systems – your mission will have a powerful impact.
What is your Day to Day Mission:
• Maintaining existing as well as creating new Linux applications on the unmanned aircraft.
• Designing and coordinating interfaces between teams, documenting the architecture and design decisions.\
• Integration of hardware and 3rd-party software into the Linux system, aligning with suppliers and other teams.
• Testing of existing and new applications. This includes writing unit tests, integration tests, functional tests, and acceptance tests.
• Analyzing logs from flights, both from test flights as well as real-world customer issues.
• Debugging and finding solutions for software and hardware issues related to the Linux system.
• Maintaining and extending the build system, pipeline, and tooling. Creating releases with release notes.
• Working in an agile environment and following the defined development process.