Leonardo

Working Student - Software Development and Validation

DE - Darmstadt - Europahaus March 25, 2026 Part Time Workday

Job Description:

Who You Are

You enjoy to tackle difficult problems, you like challenges? You have a strong interest in software development and a passion or curiosity about Space Technologies and Space Science and you maybe look for ways to combine them as your future career? Then get involved, apply to us…

You bring enthusiasm and innovative ideas and we offer you an excellent entry into the aerospace industries with multiple career paths and possibilities. Working with our experts, you will be trained to become a future expert Engineer in the aerospace sector.

You will work up to 20 hrs per week at our Headquarter in Darmstadt with the options for working full-time during semester breaks and depending on the project needs as well for partially working remotely. 

We would like to emphasise that candidates remain as a working student for at least 12 months and as such remain enrolled at the University for the next 12 months. A period shorter than 12 months can be discussed on an Individual basis if desired.

We are looking forward to meeting you!

What You Will Focus on

The role will be to support our Space Project Teams by:

  • Providing support in improving and setting-up of development environment and tools
  • Maintenance and development activities of internal infrastructure tools
  • Design, develop, and maintain products and features on existing codebases
  • Ad-hoc investigations on (technical) subjects related to our ongoing projects
  • Involvement in studies and prototyping activities
  • Other actives depending on your interests and skills

What You Bring

  • Ongoing Studies in Computer Science / Software Engineer / natural sciences or similar.

Essentially 

  • Knowledge of programming and scripting languages (e.g. C++/Java/C#, Python….)
  • Familiar to Linux Operating System
  • Work well in a team as well as independent
  • Fluency in English (at least level B2)

Desirably

  • First experience with Software Development Methodologies and Technologies (also from private projects)

Seniority:

Primary Location:

DE - Darmstadt - Europahaus

Additional Locations:

Contract Type:

Working-student

Hybrid Working:

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How to Get Hired at Leonardo

  • Leonardo S.p.A. is a state-anchored Italian aerospace and defense prime with more than 60,000 employees, roughly 17,000 in R&D, operating across approximately 150 countries with major industrial bases in Italy, the UK, the US, and Poland.
  • All applications go through Workday at leonardocompany.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/LeonardoCareerSite; there is no separate ATS or back-channel, and the platform typically advertises 1,000-many open roles at any time.
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