Senior Software Project Engineer II at CesiumAstro
El Segundo, CA
$140,000–$168,000
Jul 20, 2026
El Segundo, CA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A project management role embedded within a software engineering team building firmware and software for aerospace platforms such as satellites and UAVs. Day-to-day work centers on planning and tracking software development cycles — running standups, managing backlogs, and reporting status to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Best suited to someone with a background that spans hands-on embedded firmware development and formal software project management.
Senior level · 6+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $140,000–$168,000
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This role is primarily a software project management position (planning, standups, backlog health, stakeholder communication) with a secondary hands-on embedded development component (minimum 1 year required). The SOC is coded as 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) because the dominant day-to-day work is project/program management of a software team, not individual-contributor software development; 15-1252 is the runner-up given the required embedded development experience.
The title 'Senior Software Project Engineer II' implies a leveled position; the posting's 6-year minimum (including 3+ years of software project management) supports a Senior classification.
Jira is listed as 'preferred' within the required qualifications section ('issue tracking (Jira preferred)'), but the broader requirement for software lifecycle management tools including issue tracking is a hard gate; Jira is captured as required since it appears within the minimum qualifications block.
Embedded software development is listed as a hard gate (minimum 1 year required) but is not a named technology/tool — it is captured here as a skill category because the JD explicitly quantifies it as a minimum experience threshold.
DO-178C appears under Preferred Experience and is marked accordingly.
The posting notes ITAR/export-control citizenship requirements but does not explicitly require a US security clearance, so clearance is set to None.
CesiumAstro is headquartered in Austin, TX; no remote option is mentioned.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): embedded software development.
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