Sr. Edge Compute Software Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 180000 - 250000
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Wanna join the adventure
You will contribute to the development integration and optimization of Lofts Ultimate Edge SDK which provides unified compute capabilities across various embedded platforms. Your primary focus will be on NVIDIA Orinbased systems while also assessing portability and performance on additional hardware targets.
Your mission will include:
- Integrating ONNX-based inference runtimes and image-processing frameworks (e.g. ONNX Runtime OpenCV) into Lofts SDK.
- Configuring and optimizing GPU-accelerated and heterogeneous runtime environments ensuring efficient use of available resources.
- Profiling benchmarking and performance tuning across multiple embedded platforms.
- Collaborating with other teams in Loft to ensure smooth deployment of edge applications.
- Supporting the continuous improvement of Lofts onboard compute stack through structured testing documentation and validation.
Your work will directly contribute to flight software robustness system performance and future onboard computing capabilities for Loft missions.
About this Role:
- Integrate and optimize runtime components (ONNX Runtime OpenCV etc.) within the Ultimate Edge SDK.
- Develop configure and tune GPU-accelerated pipelines on NVIDIA hardware.
- Benchmark and profile workloads to assess performance portability and resource usage.
- Support application deployment in real-time embedded and constrained environments.
- Contribute to documentation validation and continuous integration of runtime components.
Must Haves:
- Master-level background in embedded systems computer engineering AI/ML or software engineering.
- Solid experience with C and/or Python.
- Familiarity with Linux-based embedded environments.
- Understanding of ML inference frameworks (ONNX Runtime TensorRT etc.).
- Strong experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes) and exposing processing capabilities or services from containerized workloads
- Experience with hardware-accelerated processing (e.g. GPUs TPU...) to optimize performance for compute-intensive workloads.
- English communication skills (written & verbal) for international collaboration.
Nice to Haves:
- Experience with the NVIDIA ecosystem: CUDA Orin Jetson platforms.
- Knowledge of heterogeneous compute environments and optimization.
- Exposure to runtime systems GPU scheduling or edge computing.
- Interest in space technologies and autonomous onboard processing.
Some of Our Awesome Benefits:
- 100% company-paid medical dental and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100% employer paid Life AD&D Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
- Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
- Relocation assistance when applicable
$180000 - $250000 a year
State law requires us to tell you the base compensation range for this role which is $180000- $250000 per year. This is determined by your education experience knowledge skills and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we evaluate individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly we are excited to meet you and see if you are a great fit for our team. What wecantquantify for you are the exciting challenges supportive team and amazing culture we enjoy.
*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria women and other underrepresented 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
Loft: Space Made Simple.
Founded in 2017 Loft provides governments companies and research institutions with a fast reliable and flexible way to deploy missions in orbit.
We integrate launch and operate spacecraft offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation IoT connectivity in-orbit demonstrations national security missions and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 25 missions flown Lofts flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
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 4 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Loft Orbital builds software and hardware products to fly and operate any payload on a standard satellite bus. See how we're making space simple.
