CesiumAstro

Senior Software Project Engineer II

CesiumAstro$140K — $168K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
  • Minimum of 6 years of experience, including 1 year in embedded software development and 3 years in project management.
  • Strong communication skills, particularly in adapting messages to various audiences.
  • Familiarity with hardware design processes relevant to software development.
  • Knowledge of Agile, V-model, and other software lifecycle management methodologies.
  • Proficiency with lifecycle management tools like Jira for issue tracking and requirements management.
  • Experience in managing firmware development projects.

Responsibilities

  • Create and manage development plans within cost and schedule limits.
  • Lead agile planning meetings and daily standups for effective team collaboration.
  • Report project status to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
  • Act as the liaison between the software team and program stakeholders.
  • Maintain and oversee software issue tracking using tools such as Jira.
  • Balance and prioritize feature requests based on stakeholder input.
  • Interface with customers and vendors as part of project execution.
  • Ensure adherence to the software development lifecycle and improve processes.

Benefits

  • Company stock options provided.
  • Generous health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options.
  • Life and disability insurance included.
  • Retirement plans offered.
Full Job Description
We are looking to add a Senior Software Project Engineer II to our team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing software for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.

The CesiumAstro software team designs complex firmware and software for state-of-the-art aerospace systems. As a member of the software engineering team, you will help facilitate and improve the execution of the software development lifecycle at CesiumAstro. You will collaborate with software engineers, program managers, customers, and other stakeholders to plan and manage execution in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Activities include maintaining backlog health, holding software standups, and communicating project status to diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate has experience managing embedded system firmware development in high-reliability systems. Experience with both agile and traditional design methodologies is desirable, including agile and v-model flows. Further, the ideal candidate has some first-hand embedded system software development experience.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create software development plans subject to cost and schedule constraints.
  • Lead periodic planning meetings, retrospectives, and daily standups.
  • Communicate project status to a wide variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Represent the software engineering team to programmatic stakeholders.
  • Maintain software issue tracking systems and projects such as Jira.
  • Prioritize feature development based on varied and sometimes conflicting stakeholder inputs.
  • Interface to external parties including customers and vendors.
  • Ensure consistent and correct software development lifecycle execution.
  • Continuously improve software project execution processes.


JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
  • A minimum of 6 years of experience required including at least 1 year of embedded software development experience and at least 3 years of software project management experience.
  • Excellent communication skills, especially in tailoring to a target audience.
  • Familiarity with board-level hardware design processes as they pertain to software development.
  • Knowledgeable on multiple software product lifecycle and management approaches including Agile and V-model.
  • Competency with software lifecycle management tools such issue tracking (Jira preferred), requirements management, configuration management, etc.
  • Experience project managing firmware development.


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

  • Experience designing products for deployment into aerospace systems.
  • Experience with government contract program management.
  • Experience with requirements-driven engineering processes.
  • Experience with DO-178C Software Certification.


$140,000 - $168,000 a year

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

About CesiumAstro

CesiumAstro is a technology company that provides advanced communications systems for satellite and space-based applications. The company's systems use advanced software-defined radio technology to provide high-bandwidth, low-latency communications for a variety of applications, including remote sensing, earth observation, and satellite communications. CesiumAstro's systems are designed to be highly modular and scalable, allowing them to be easily integrated into a wide range of satellite and space-based platforms. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Austin, Texas.
Learn more about CesiumAstro
Size
100 employees
Industry
Net Income
-$1 million
Founded
2017
5 Year Trend
+80%
Revenue
$5 million

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