Senior Aerospace Software Engineering Manager

CesiumAstro; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 136,000 - 167,000; Full time

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Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking an Associate Manager, Software Engineering to lead a team delivering software for aerospace systems and mission-critical applications. You will provide day-to-day leadership, technical guidance, and performance management while fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating with systems, hardware, quality, and program management to align software activities with requirements, schedules, and standards, while driving continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 4-7 years of relevant software engineering experience with a minimum of 1 year of leadership experience, including roles such as technical lead, project lead, team lead, or formal people manager.
• Experience leading software development teams in aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated industries.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, software development lifecycle (SDLC), software architecture, integration, verification & validation (IV&V), configuration management, and secure software development practices.
• Experience working in Agile development environments using Scrum, DevOps, CI/CD, and issue tracking tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., C, C++, Rust, or Python) and version control systems (e.g., Git, GitLab, or Bitbucket).
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jama or IBM DOORS.
• Strong leadership, coaching, mentoring, communication, collaboration, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced product development environment with changing priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers by providing regular feedback, performance management, career development, and mentoring.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture that encourages innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Support recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, workforce planning, and employee development activities.
• Conduct performance reviews, establish development goals, and identify training opportunities to enhance individual and team performance.
• Promote compliance with company policies, engineering standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Partner with program management and engineering leadership to support technical planning, resource allocation, risk management, and program execution.
• Monitor team workload, priorities, and project progress to ensure successful delivery of engineering objectives.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, hardware engineering, quality, manufacturing, integration and test, and mission operations to resolve technical issues.
• Participate in customer meetings, technical reviews, design reviews, and program milestone activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on engineering efficiency, quality, and process maturity.
• Ensure compliance with software development processes, configuration management, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
• Support implementation of Agile, DevOps, Model-Based Engineering, or other engineering methodologies as applicable.
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering tools, processes, documentation, and software development practices.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking an Associate Manager, Software Engineering to lead a team delivering software for aerospace systems and mission-critical applications. You will provide day-to-day leadership, technical guidance, and performance management while fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating with systems, hardware, quality, and program management to align software activities with requirements, schedules, and standards, while driving continuous