Senior Software Engineer

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

About The Position

CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The Senior Software Engineer develops, integrates, and maintains software supporting products and platforms. The role applies software engineering principles to develop software solutions, optimize application performance, and resolve complex engineering challenges from concept through integration, verification, and production. The position works cross-functionally with software, systems, electrical, hardware, quality, and test engineering teams to support multidisciplinary engineering efforts, technical investigations, and continuous improvement. Applicants must meet U.S. Government space technology export regulations: they 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 be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field with 5–8 years of related experience; or a Master's degree with 3–6 years; or a PhD with 0–3 years.
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, 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.
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 the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Responsibilities

Develop software applications, components, libraries, system interfaces, and features supporting product development.
Implement, debug, integrate, unit test, optimize, and develop software features.
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, software integration, and software release initiatives.
Evaluate engineering methods, development practices, coding standards, software architectures, and development processes for improvement opportunities.
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.