Jobs at Loft Orbital

Design, develop, test, review, and maintain reliable onboard spacecraft software for Hyperdrive, including core mission services, fault detection, lifecycle management, and spacecraft interfaces. Contribute to software architecture, development standards, CI and build processes, release coordination, and satellite fleet operations. Work with C/C++, Python, distributed systems, networking protocols, multithreaded applications, embedded Linux, and related tools.

Design, implement, test, review, and maintain reliable onboard software for satellite core services, including file transfer, synchronization, automation, scheduling, attitude control, and navigation. Contribute to software architecture, development standards, continuous integration, release coordination, and operation of Loft’s on-orbit satellite fleet.

Build and own a space-based AI marketplace from MVP to scale, including its storefront, partner portal, admin tools, APIs, onboarding, entitlements, metering, integrations, deployment workflows, and third-party connectors. The role requires full-stack development, cloud-native infrastructure, multi-tenant authorization, testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and close collaboration with engineering teams.

Own the roadmap and product strategy for satellite, onboard AI, and space infrastructure services. Translate engineering capabilities and customer needs into requirements, use cases, success criteria, and Jira tickets. Conduct customer and partner discovery, analyze markets and business cases, prioritize scope, negotiate delivery commitments, and communicate recommendations to engineering, leadership, executives, marketing, and business development. The role requires strong technical understanding across hardware and software lifecycles, autonomy, and data-driven decision-making.

Build and scale backend microservices that command, monitor, and automate satellites. Own Python production services, design APIs, handle commands/telemetry across satellite buses, collaborate with flight and embedded teams, support internal users, and participate in SatDevOps rotations to operate spacecraft and debug live missions.

Drive program delivery and cross-functional coordination for Cloud, Test, and Space Infrastructure teams. Manage workload, on-call scheduling, risk register, and process improvements; facilitate Agile teams, surface dependencies and escalations, and enable reliable, scalable satellite operations.

Design, implement, and maintain onboard software packaging, deployment, and runtime infrastructure for satellites. Work across bundle management, Linux rootfs and service management, container runtime/environment and registries, CI/CD pipelines, and product validation to ensure reliable, secure execution of customer workloads in orbit.

Manage full sales lifecycle for Loft's space mission services across the Americas: generate and qualify leads, develop proposals, negotiate contracts, and support accounts during program execution. Collaborate with sales engineering, product, and engineering teams to craft mission solutions for commercial and institutional customers.

Open general application for Loft. Candidates are encouraged to apply even if no posted role matches. Preference for on-site work in San Francisco, Golden (CO), or Toulouse, but distributed candidates accepted. Resume in English required; applications may not receive immediate response and are monitored intermittently. Company provides benefits, relocation assistance when applicable, and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Own and operate Loft's cloud and hybrid network infrastructure: design architectures, secure connectivity, manage network-as-code (IaC), define SLOs and observability, automate toil, and participate in SRE incident response and platform reliability.

Lead offering-level architecture across ground, space, software, and hardware. Define interfaces, requirements, capability allocation, CONOPS, and ICDs. Coordinate cross-functional teams, drive architecture decisions, and ensure scalable, reusable solutions and customer-facing ground tooling.

Define and own integrated system design for the Hub across ground, space, software, and hardware. Translate concepts into technical specifications, manage requirements/ICDs/CONOPS, lead trade studies and reviews, verify validation plans and tests, ensure modular interfaces and integration, and collaborate with product, hardware, software, and operations through development into production and operations.

Lead design, implementation, and operation of scalable, secure hybrid-cloud infrastructure for satellite ground systems. Improve developer experience, automate CI/CD and IaC, own observability, troubleshoot reliability issues, and collaborate with developers and satellite operators to advance SatDevOps practices.

Lead technical authority for optical payloads and image quality across missions. Define requirements with customers and suppliers, drive payload development and testing, develop calibration and processing strategies, support integration, launch, and in-orbit commissioning, and contribute to the Earth observation roadmap and business development.