Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Company Overview

Iridium is an award‑winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things. At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks.

People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions.

Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

Iridium is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of skilled engineers developing a state‑of‑the‑art satellite ground system and user equipment for the company’s satellite‑based position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services. In this role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership in the design and architecture for PNT software products. If you are confident in your abilities to foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement and are excited about the opportunity to develop new systems based on a unique and patented space‑based technology, we want to talk to you!

• Foster and role model a culture of innovation, accountability, and technical excellence
• Mentor, train, and develop your team by performing regular check‑ins, discussing career growth opportunities, giving constructive feedback, and managing conflict when necessary
• Lead recruitment efforts to ensure that the PNT Engineering team has the proper development skills
• Perform as a senior contributor for the design and architecture for PNT software products
• Interface with R&D groups to understand and advance the product architecture
• Become the team’s subject matter expertise in the Receiver product and product architecture
• Develop and maintain the receiver product knowledge base and technical onboarding artifacts
• Work with Product Management leads to establish well‑defined feature scope
• Own the Receiver product deliveries ensuring that we deliver on time and on budget
• Function as a technical lead and subject matter expert, collaborating with other leads and SMEs, to develop the product backlog
• Work with development staff to ensure they understand their assignments and are able to start each sprint effectively
• Work with Product Leads to properly decompose user stories into detailed level tasking with the development team
• Perform development, unit testing, and integration activities
• Serve as a model for software quality and best‑practices
• Work directly with internal and external customers
• Work in a dynamic team‑oriented environment using agile methodologies
• Drive the continuous efforts to develop software development processes

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 10+ years’ experience developing software applications
• Previous management experience required, including leading and encouraging self‑directed teams
• 8+ years experience with Linux
• 8+ years experience with modern programming languages, including C/C++ and Python
• Experience with modern software architecture principles, including micro‑service development
• Experience with unit testing
• Experience with relational and non‑relational databases
• Practit…