Onboard Software Solutions Engineer
Onboard Software Solutions Engineer
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28-08-2025
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Job Description
Wanna join the adventure
Loft Orbital is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Onboard Software Solutions team.
About the Team:
The Onboard Software Solutions Team is responsible for creating configuring and deploying all onboard software components dedicated to a program or mission. We configure and extend agnostic onboard software to fit a given satellite architecture and requirements and are responsible for the development end to end testing and releasing of that onboard software.
This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting edge technology helping build modern automated infrastructure bringing software and space together. As well as developing our future systems the role will also be working on real-time issues on live missions helping to solve problems as they occur. On top of this we also offer SatDevOps training to enable this person to actually operate our spacecraft!
About the Role:
- Streamline the creation integration validation and release of onboard software by improving test coverage automating testing and minimizing time from feature development to availability on-orbit.
- Configure standard onboard software components for customers payloads and support the deployment and troubleshooting internally and externally
- Own and evolve the tools for onboard software creation versioning testing and release management while providing transparent up-to-date status tracking for all stakeholders across programs and missions.
- Collaborate closely with Onboard Software Product teams System Engineers and Ground Software Solutions teams to ensure the rapid reliable and thoroughly tested deployment of onboard software for customers.
- Participate actively in Satellite Operations and support Spacecraft Commissioning - Everyone is involved!
Must Haves:
- Experience in Python and C
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (gitlab-ci teamcity travis-ci)
- Automated testing frameworks
- Experience in data serialization/deserialization (yaml json cue)
- Previous experience as Flight Software Engineer or Software Integration Engineer or Software Test Engineer or Software Engineer with a focus on Automated Testing
- Ability to troubleshoot and effectively communicate issues and solutions
Nice to Haves:
- Experience in Embedded Linux Operation
- Experience in build systems (make cmake)
- Experience in Networking (UDP TCP IP)
- Experience in Software Integration - Making all the pieces work together
- Experience in or close to Satellite Operations
Some of Our Awesome Benefits:
- Equity we want you to have an active role in our success
- Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours we want you to be at your best
- Health and life insurance we care about your health
- Lunch Vouchers because lets be honest we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it #loft-gourmand)
- Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco Colorado and Toulouse to learn from our differences
- Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together
- Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable
*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria women and other marginalized people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft we value respectful debate and people who arent afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you dont check all the boxes.
Who We Are
Our standard interface enables us to fly multiple customer payloads on the same satellite with capabilities such as earth imagery weather & climate /science data collection IoT connectivity in-orbit demonstrations and national security missions. Our customers trust us to manage their space infrastructure so they can focus on what matters most to them: operating their mission and collecting their data.
At Loft youll be given the autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges but with a close-knit and supportive team at your back. We believe that diversity and community are the foundation of an open culture. We are committed to hiring the best people regardless of background and make their time at Loft the most fulfilling period of their career.
We value kind supportive and team-oriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator. As our team is international you will need strong English skills to better collaborate easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages.
With 6 satellites on-orbit and a wave of exciting missions launching soon we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco CA Golden CO and Toulouse France.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.
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