Senior Software Engineer

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

2d•$133,000 - $160,000

About The Position

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop, integrate, and maintain software supporting its products and platforms. The role applies established software engineering principles to develop software solutions, optimize application performance, and resolve complex challenges from concept through integration, verification, and production. The engineer works cross-functionally with software, systems, electrical, hardware, quality, and test engineering teams to support multidisciplinary engineering efforts, contribute to technical investigations, and promote 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 (protected individual under 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; or a master's degree and 3–6 years of related experience; or a PhD 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, 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 satisfy the stated U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations eligibility requirements.

Responsibilities

Develop software applications, components, libraries, system interfaces, and application features supporting product development.
Implement, debug, integrate, and test software; optimize software and develop 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 development and integration.
Prepare software documentation, technical reports, engineering change documentation, software release documentation, and interface documentation.
Participate in code and 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 to strengthen software quality, reliability, maintainability, engineering efficiency, and product performance.