Software Dev Manager, Leo Bus & Flight Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute flight software release management strategy for large-scale constellation deployments
• Design and optimize release pipelines that balance speed, safety, and reliability
• Career management ownership
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless software delivery from development to on-orbit deployment
• Define and enforce quality standards for flight software releases
• Establish metrics, monitoring, and reporting frameworks to ensure release quality and reliability
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects and deployment risks
• Implement quality gates and validation processes appropriate for mission-critical systems
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing SRM team
• Foster a culture of quality, operational excellence, and continuous learning

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience with 3+ years in management roles
• Deep understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies
• Proven ability to adapt and apply SDLC principles flexibly to meet complex operational needs
• Experience with release management for distributed systems or large-scale deployments
• Embedded software development will be a big plus
• Track record of designing systems with quality and scalability as core principles
• Strong technical background in CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure

You Will Be Successful If You

• Think in terms of scalable processes that can support hundreds or thousands of software deployments
• Balance agility with rigor, knowing when to apply process and when to streamline
• Obsess over quality metrics and use data to drive decisions
• Can navigate the unique challenges of flight software with appropriate risk management
• Build systems and processes that scale with constellation growth

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with aerospace, embedded systems, or mission-critical software
• Background in satellite operations or constellation management
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance and certification processes
• Experience with modern DevOps tools and practices

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 3+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

Pay

$184,900.00 - $250,200.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time