Associate Manager, Software Engineering

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

76d•$136,000 - $167,000

About The Position

The Associate Manager, Software Engineering leads a team responsible for designing, developing, integrating, testing, and sustaining software solutions for aerospace systems and mission-critical applications. The role provides day-to-day leadership, technical guidance, and performance management while fostering a collaborative, high-performing engineering environment. Working with systems and hardware engineering, quality, integration and test, mission operations, program management, and product leadership, the Associate Manager ensures software development aligns with technical requirements, program objectives, quality standards, and schedules. The position balances people leadership with technical oversight and supports continuous improvement of engineering processes, product quality, and team development. Applicants must meet U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations requirements: be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee (a protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Requirements

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.
At least 1 year of leadership experience, such as technical lead, project lead, team lead, or formal people manager.
Experience leading software development teams in aerospace, defense, or another highly regulated industry.
Strong understanding of software engineering principles, the software development lifecycle (SDLC), software architecture, integration, verification and validation (IV&V), configuration management, and secure software development practices.
Experience 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 such as C, C++, Rust, or Python.
Experience with version control systems such as 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 work effectively in a fast-paced product development environment with changing priorities and deadlines.
Must meet the stated U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop software engineers through feedback, performance management, career development, and mentoring.
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing team culture that encourages innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
Support recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, workforce planning, and employee development.
Conduct performance reviews, set development goals, and identify training opportunities.
Promote compliance with company policies, engineering standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Partner with program management and engineering leadership on technical planning, resource allocation, risk management, and program execution.
Monitor team workload, priorities, and project progress to support 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 and design reviews, and program milestone activities.
Support continuous improvement initiatives for 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 applicable engineering methodologies.
Improve engineering tools, processes, documentation, and software development practices.
Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.