Senior Network Engineer

As a Senior Network Engineer focused on the mesh and routing layer, you will design and own the control- and forwarding-plane logic that lets autonomous nodes, whether airborne, ground-based or orbital, discover, maintain and forward traffic across topologies that range from constantly shifting to precisely engineered.

The role spans two distinct routing paradigms: highly dynamic ad-hoc and mobile mesh networks, governed by protocols such as OLSR, Babel and B.A.T.M.A.N., and deterministic, engineered environments built on classical routing protocols such as OSPF, IS-IS and BGP, with label switching (MPLS) and segment routing, whether label-based (SR-MPLS) or IPv6-native (SRv6), layered on top for traffic engineering and fast failover.

You will be equally comfortable designing for topology churn and intermittent connectivity as you are for traffic-engineered, predictable paths. Your work underpins the mesh fabric that connects our decentralized autonomous systems platforms across air, ground and space.

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Communications Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in network engineering.
• Deep knowledge of IP routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP) and forwarding and traffic-engineering mechanisms (MPLS, segment routing, ECMP, policy-based forwarding).
• Hands-on experience with ad-hoc and mobile mesh routing protocols (OLSR, Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N. or comparable MANET/FANET protocols).
• Strong understanding of eBPF/XDP for programmable, high-performance packet forwarding in the Linux kernel.
• Practical knowledge on network simulation and emulation (e.g., using ns-3, Mininet, CORE).
• Advanced proficiency in C, C++ or Rust for Linux-embedded, network-stack or routing-daemon development.
• Excellent communication skills in English; German language skills are a plus.

Nice to Have

• Experience with routing daemons or stacks, such as FRRouting, BIRD or the Quagga/Zebra lineage.
• Knowledge on software-defined networking (SDN) controllers and centralized or decentralized policy distribution.
• Experience with IETF, IEEE, NATO STANAG communication protocols; defense or dual-use application.

You’ll join a company where your work has visible impact from day one. You’ll work directly with world-class engineers, scientists, aerospace experts and entrepreneurs building technologies that have never existed before. Every day you’ll collaborate with people who genuinely believe Europe can lead the next generation of autonomous intelligence. We’re not maintaining legacy systems. We’re creating the infrastructure future generations will depend on.

What We Offer Competitive Compensation Personal Development Lunch Support Modern Aerospace Campus

Join Us If you’re ready to build technology that could shape Europe for decades to come, we’d love to meet you.