Senior Software Engineer

CesiumAstro•Austin, TX

About The Position

At CesiumAstro, developers and pioneers create out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The company describes a dynamic, cross-functional work environment with hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work. The Senior Software Engineer develops, integrates, and maintains software that supports products and platforms. The role applies established software engineering principles to develop software solutions, optimize application performance, and resolve complex engineering challenges from concept through integration, verification, and production. The engineer works across software, systems, electrical, hardware, quality, and test engineering teams, supporting multidisciplinary engineering efforts, technical investigations, and continuous improvement. Applicants must meet U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee (a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field and 5–8 years of related experience; alternatively, a master's degree and 3–6 years of related experience, or a Ph.D. and 0–3 years of related experience in software engineering, application development, embedded software, software architecture, or a related technical discipline.
Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, software development lifecycles, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming.
Experience with programming languages, version control systems, integrated development environments, debugging tools, and software optimization techniques.
Knowledge of software architecture, software design patterns, operating systems, interface development, and application design.
Understanding of software verification, engineering documentation, coding standards, software configuration management, continuous integration, and release management.
Proficiency in system integration, automated build processes, software performance optimization, defect resolution, and software quality practices.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Experience with software development tools such as C, C++, C#, Python, Java, Git, Visual Studio, Eclipse, or equivalent applications.
Experience with engineering documentation, project management, and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent applications.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee (protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Responsibilities

Develop software applications, components, libraries, system interfaces, and application features supporting product development.
Conduct software implementation, debugging, code integration, unit testing, software optimization, and feature development.
Evaluate software requirements, interface specifications, architecture documentation, source code, and technical documentation to support implementation.
Develop and conduct software verification, validation, debugging, integration, and troubleshooting activities.
Analyze software test results, system behavior, performance data, and engineering observations to resolve technical issues.
Recommend software updates, defect fixes, engineering changes, and corrective actions to improve software quality, reliability, maintainability, and performance.
Collaborate with software, systems, electrical, hardware, quality, and test engineering teams throughout software development and integration.
Prepare software documentation, technical reports, engineering change documentation, software release documentation, and interface documentation.
Participate in code reviews, design reviews, technical investigations, customer support activities, software integration, and software release initiatives.
Evaluate software engineering methods, development practices, coding standards, software architectures, and development processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
Validate compliance with engineering standards, company procedures, customer requirements, and software development best practices.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen software quality, reliability, maintainability, engineering efficiency, and product performance.