Flight Dynamics Software Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Toulouse; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Flight Dynamics Software Engineer to join the Ground Platform team in Toulouse. You will contribute to the flight dynamics software stack that enables autonomous satellite operations and meets rigorous orbit determination, stationkeeping, and attitude performance requirements.

You should bring a solid theoretical grounding in astrodynamics and hands-on experience with operational flight dynamics and software engineering.

Qualifications

• Solid theoretical grounding in astrodynamics.
• Operational flight dynamics experience.
• Strong software engineering foundations.

Responsibilities

• Develop flight dynamics software stack for autonomous satellite operations.
• Ensure scalability for 50+ satellites in orbit with automated, reliable, and safe operations.

Skills

Astrodynamics

Flight dynamics

Software engineering

Job description

Loft Orbital is looking for a Flight Dynamics Software Engineer to join the Ground Platform organization.

You'll work on a small and driven team, developing our flight dynamics software stack so that it can:

• Scale to fly 50+ satellites in orbit in a highly automated, reliable, and safe (from a collision avoidance perspective) manner
• Enable new conops and customer missions with demanding orbit determination, stationkeeping, and attitude performance requirements

We're looking for someone with a solid theoretical understanding of astrodynamics, operational flight-dynamics experience, and software-engineering foundations. If you enjoy solving hard problems and working in a fast-paced and supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you.