Online Software Group Lead: Telescope Data & Scheduling

Associated Universities, Inc.; New Mexico; Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent paid time off

Medical, dental and vision plans

Retirement benefit 10% of base pay

Job summary

Associated Universities, Inc (AUI) leads NRAO and hosts the Online Software Group Lead role. The position oversees software teams for data acquisition, scheduling, observation preparation tools, and system integration, ensuring reliable, scalable software infrastructure across observatory projects.

You will collaborate with scientists, engineers, and operations staff, drive staffing and succession planning, and report progress to NRAO and partner organizations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years directly supervising a software team of three or more people.
• At least 7 years of experience in software development.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data acquisition, scheduling, observation preparation software groups.
• Provide regular status reports to senior management and other stakeholders.
• Recruit, develop and mentor staff; build a culture of trust and excellence.
• Coordinate development activities and establish engineering best practices for interoperability and maintainability.
• Ensure high-quality software products meet stakeholder needs and schedules.
• Guide integration of software components and approve technical direction.
• Interact with expert developers to improve practices across the team.

Skills

Staff management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Recruiting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Physics/Astronomy

Job description

Associated Universities, Inc (AUI) leads NRAO and hosts the Online Software Group Lead role. The position oversees software teams for data acquisition, scheduling, observation preparation tools, and system integration, ensuring reliable, scalable software infrastructure across observatory projects.

You will collaborate with scientists, engineers, and operations staff, drive staffing and succession planning, and report progress to NRAO and partner organizations.