CesiumAstro

Tech / AI / Software

SeniorSoftwareProjectEngineerII

austin, texas, united states FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Project Engineer II at CesiumAstro. Skills: software project management, embedded system firmware development, software development lifecycle execution. Create software development plans subject to cost and schedule constraints. Lead periodic planning meetings, retrospectives, and daily standups”

Industry & Context.

Tech / AI / Software
Eligibility Requirements

applicant must be a U. S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U. S. , conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U. S. C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U. S. Department of State.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

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, at least 1 year of embedded software development experience, 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

Nice to Have

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, Experience with both agile and traditional design methodologies is desirable, including agile and v-model flows, some first-hand embedded system software development experience

What You'll Do.

Create software development plans subject to cost and schedule constraints

Lead periodic planning meetings

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

facilitate and improve the execution of the software development lifecycle

collaborate with software engineers

and other stakeholders to plan and manage execution

maintaining backlog health

holding software standups

communicating project status to diverse stakeholders

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

collaborate with software engineers, program managers, customers, and other stakeholders; Represent the software engineering team to programmatic stakeholders

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills, especially in tailoring to a target audience; Communicate project status to a wide variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders

Process & Methodology

software project management, project managing firmware development, Create software development plans subject to cost and schedule constraints, Lead periodic planning meetings, retrospectives, and daily standups, Maintain software issue tracking systems and projects such as Jira, Prioritize feature development based on varied and sometimes conflicting stakeholder inputs, Ensure consistent and correct software development lifecycle execution, Continuously improve software project execution processes

Full Job Description

## Description Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team. 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 develo

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