Senior Embedded Software Project Lead — Aerospace Systems

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

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Job summary

CesiumAstro in Austin is seeking a Senior Software Project Engineer II to lead software development for satellites and aerospace systems in a startup‑like environment. You will help plan and manage execution across software teams, program managers, customers, and other stakeholders.

Activities include maintaining backlog health, leading planning meetings, retrospectives, and daily standups, and communicating status.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
• 6+ years of experience, including at least 1 year embedded software development and 3 years software project management.
• Excellent communication skills, tailored to audience.
• Familiarity with board-level hardware design processes related to software development.
• Knowledgeable about Agile and V-model software lifecycle approaches.
• Experience managing firmware development.

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 stakeholder inputs and needs.
• Interface with customers and vendors.
• Ensure consistent and correct software development lifecycle execution.
• Continuously improve software project execution processes.

Skills

Embedded software

Software project management

Excellent communication

Agile methodologies

V-model

Jira awareness

Education

Bachelor's or MS in CS/EE/CE

Tools

Jira

Job description

CesiumAstro in Austin is seeking a Senior Software Project Engineer II to lead software development for satellites and aerospace systems in a startup‑like environment. You will help plan and manage execution across software teams, program managers, customers, and other stakeholders.

Activities include maintaining backlog health, leading planning meetings, retrospectives, and daily standups, and communicating status.