Job Summary:
CesiumAstro is a pioneer in communication systems for aerospace platforms, seeking a Principal Software Project Engineer I to join their Internal Missions team. The role involves managing the software development lifecycle, collaborating with various stakeholders, and leading project execution to ensure the successful development and launch of satellites.
Responsibilities:
• Create software development plans subject to cost and schedule constraints.
• Communicate project status to a wide variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Represent the software engineering team to programmatic stakeholders.
• Prioritize feature development based on varied and sometimes conflicting stakeholder inputs.
• Lead periodic planning meetings, retrospectives, and daily standups.
• Maintain software issue tracking systems and projects such as Jira.
• Ensure consistent and correct software development lifecycle execution.
• Continuously improve software project execution processes.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
• A minimum of 9 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 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.
Preferred:
• 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 spacecraft software development.
• Experience designing products for deployment into aerospace systems.
• Experience with requirements-driven engineering processes.
Company:
CesiumAstro provides out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space or airborne platforms. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Austin, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.