Backend Engineering Intern: Ground Platform Control

Loft Orbital; Toulouse; Sur place; EUR 13 000 - 16 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Lunch vouchers

Mobility package

Mentoring program

International environment

Résumé du poste

Loft Orbital is seeking a Backend Engineering Intern to join our Ground Platform, Control Team in Toulouse. You will design and develop backend services that translate operator intents into safe, reliable on-orbit operations, working across flight software, satellite operations, and test teams.

You will gain hands-on experience with microservices, container-based development, and API design while learning the full end-to-end space mission operations.

Qualifications

• Engineering background in CS, physics, or aerospace.
• Python experience.
• Experience with backend web frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI).
• Knowledge of databases.
• Good English communication.
• Ability to work in an international team.
• Familiarity with Docker and container-based development.
• Interest in space systems and satellite operations.
• Hands-on backend development experience.

Responsabilités

• Design and develop a control investigation API for investigations and automation.
• Collaborate with satellite operators to learn failure cases and common issues.
• Work with space infrastructure to automate investigations and ensure reliable operations.

Connaissances

Python

Backend frameworks

Databases

English communication

Team collaboration

Space systems knowledge

Frontend basics

Formation

Engineering degree in Computer Science/Physics/Aerospace

Outils

Docker

Description du poste

Wanna join the adventure?

Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineering Intern to join our Ground Platform, Control Team. The Control team owns the backend services that let Loft operators and customers command, monitor, and automate our satellite fleet through Cockpit, our mission control system. You'll help build and scale the microservices that sit between ground and flight software, turning high-level intent into safe, reliable on-orbit operations. Our team sits in the middle of Flight Software, Satellite Operations, and Test teams, giving you the chance to learn about the full end-to-end systems that go into launching and operating a satellite mission. If you’re excited about building backend systems that directly control satellites — and you like the idea of both shipping code and helping fly missions — we’d love to hear from you.

Location: Toulouse office, city center (Jeanne d’Arc metro station)
Duration: 6-month, end-of-studies internship— target start date: early 2027.

About this role:

Your task will be to design and develop a control investigation API which will assist operators with investigations and enable the automation of standard investigations into failed commanding and lack of telemetry. This will be a valuable step towards reliable and scalable operations of our fleet. The project will require you to work closely with our satellite operators to learn about common failure cases, as well as our space infrastructure, to understand how it can best be used to automate investigations.

Must Haves:

• An engineering background (e.g. Computer Science, Physics, Aerospace) with a desire to do back-end software engineering.
• Python experience.
• Comfortable working in English: the Control team works across the US and France, so it's essential you can communicate well in English.
• A desire to work in a diverse, international team.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience with Docker and container-based development.
• Knowledge of space systems and/or an understanding of satellite operations.
• Hands‑on experience with backend web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.).
• Database fundamentals.
• Knowledge of front‑end engineering practices and frameworks.
• Gratification: €1,300 gross/month.
• Lunch vouchers (tickets restaurant), because let's be honest, we love food! (we even have a Slack channel about it: #loft-gourmand)
• Sustainable mobility package (forfait mobilité durable).
• A genuinely international environment comprising 20+ different nationalities.
• A genuine mentoring program to support you on a daily basis throughout the internship.