Software Engineering Manager

Position Title:
Software Engineering Manager

Clearance Requirement: Must be able to obtain aTop Secret security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain aclearance.

Employment Type: Full-time

About Us: Black Ve, Inc. is a mission-first,dynamic, and innovative national security-focused company focused on emerging spaceand advanced technologies dedicated to pushing the boundaries of engineering excellence in support of our government customers.

Job Description:

Black Ve is looking for aSoftware Manager who writes code and leads people, not one or the other. You llown the software development process for a combined team of embedded and ground software engineers, run sprint-based delivery, and serve as the voice of software on interdisciplinary program teams. This means you re in architecturediscussions in the morning, unblocking your team at standup, and briefingprogram leadership on progress and risks in the afternoon.

• Leading a team of software developers across embedded flight software and ground system domains
• Running agile sprint cycles —planning, execution, retrospectives — and keeping the team moving
• Representing software engineering on cross-functional program teams alongside systems, hardware, and assembly,integration, and test (AI&T) engineering
• Communicating schedule, progress,and technical status to program and company leadership
• Creating and assembling content fordesign reviews and documentation
• Identifying, tracking, and mitigating software risks before they become program risks
• Overseeing deployment workflows,build infrastructure, configuration management, and version control practices
• Contributing technically —reviewing code, making architectural decisions, and writing software when theteam needs it

• 7+ years of hands-on software development in embedded systems or ground software
• Demonstrated experience managing orleading a software team through iterative/agile development
• Strong understanding ofconfiguration management, CI/CD, build systems, and deployment processes
• Ability to communicate technicalprogress, risk, and trade-offs to non-software stakeholders
• Experience working on interdisciplinary engineering teams (hardware, systems, software)
• U.S. citizenship and ability toobtain a DoD security clearance

• Space flight software or ground system development experience
• Experience with real-time orsafety-critical embedded software (C/C++, RTOS environments)
• Familiarity with software assurancepractices for mission-critical or safety-critical systems
• Active DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance
• Experience in a small-team orstartup environment where you wore multiple hats

• This position is based in Albuquerque, NM, with occasional travel to other company locations or partner facilities asneeded.

• Mission first-Always. We prioritize delivering results that directly support space and intelligence community programs and national security objectives.
• We operate as one team, grounded in trust,accountability, and open collaboration, where individuals actively support one another to achieve shared mission success.
• Work on high-impact programs across space, ISR,and advanced technology domains supporting DoD and IC customers.
• Ownership-driven culture is founded in teamworkwhere every employee is an owner, with equity participation and a direct stakein our success.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package,including flexible time off; 401(k) with company contribution
• Constant opportunities for program and professional impact.

This position may include access to technology and/or data that is subject to U.S. exportcontrols pursuant to ITAR and EAR. Tocomply with federal export controls, all persons hired must be a U.S. citizen,U.S. national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee or asylee as defined by8 U.S.C. 1324b(A)(3), or must otherwise be eligible to obtain the required authorization from the U.S. Department of State and/or U.S. Department of Commerce as applicable.