Satellite Systems Engineer: Lead Missions | Equity & Flexible PTO

ATX Venture Partners; Occitanie; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health and life insurance

Lunch Vouchers

Relocation assistance to Toulouse

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Satellite Systems Engineer to contribute to one or more space missions, serving as a technical reference across payload configurations and working with program managers, flight and ground software, AIT and operations teams to ensure end-to-end mission success.

You will help develop CONOPS with flight operations, support SLAs with customers, and participate in test campaigns from integration to on‑orbit activities, while contributing to budgets and risk analyses across

Qualifications

• 2+ years as spacecraft systems engineer or equivalent in at least two subsystems (ADCS, Mechanical, Thermal, Power, OBE).
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Challenge norms in aerospace engineering and testing activities in fast-paced development environments.
• Experience in small satellite assembly, integration and test campaigns or spacecraft delivery to orbit.
• Hands-on and able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Serve as satellite systems engineer for one or more customer missions, representing Loft in technical discussions and reviews to accommodate and fly a variety of payloads.
• Act as the internal payload subject‑matter expert, interfacing with hardware and software teams for end‑to‑end integration.
• Develop mission CONOPS with flight operations, supporting the development of service level agreements with Loft's customers.
• Assist with program management and product management, interfacing with customers on programmatic and schedule matters.
• Review test plans and test results, and participate in the integration, test campaign, launch and in‑orbit activities.
• Accommodate customer missions on Loft’s rideshare programs, contributing to satellite‑level budgets and analyses, V&V planning, CONOPS definition, AIT, and on‑orbit operations.

Skills

Satellite systems engineering

Communication skills

Fast-paced development

Hands-on attitude

Pressure handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering

Tools

Python

Jupyter notebooks

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a Satellite Systems Engineer to contribute to one or more space missions, serving as a technical reference across payload configurations and working with program managers, flight and ground software, AIT and operations teams to ensure end-to-end mission success.

You will help develop CONOPS with flight operations, support SLAs with customers, and participate in test campaigns from integration to on‑orbit activities, while contributing to budgets and risk analyses across