Senior Software Engineer, Mission Planning

Job description

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability At Hypersonica , we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast. By joining Hypersonica , you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously. We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence. What you'll do Work with our hardware engineering teams to translate the technical specifications and capabilities of our hardware into mission planning software, enabling operators to plan, simulate and deploy mission packages to our hardware. Work with our UX team to build world class user experiences: planning that feels fast, visual and interactive. You build the real-time engine and services that make this possible. Design and build the mission planning backend: plan generation, configuration, scenario planning and resource availability. Build our software-in-the-loop (SITL) mission simulation environment: allowing scenarios to be realistically tested against battlefield environments before a missile has left the launcher. Build the test harness and automation that run the product end to end against the simulation in CI, on every change. Lead the design of the core data model and message schemas, working with our integration engineer to deploy authorized mission plans to real-world launch systems. Who you are A software engineer with 5+ years' experience building simulation, planning, decision support or real-time interactive software. You may come from an Aerospace, robotics, automotive, or gaming background. Strong in modern C++ or Rust. A good grasp of numerical methods and floating-point behavior. Experienced with simulation architecture: time-stepp…