Flight Software Engineer, Space Missions (On-Orbit)

Loft Federal; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (100% company-paid)

FSA/HSA with employer contribution

Job summary

Loft Federal's Software group delivers on-orbit software powering satellite fleet, from onboard Linux services to containerized workloads. In this Flight Software Engineer role you design and implement software connecting spacecraft hardware to the platform, enabling successful missions in orbit.

You will own features end-to-end, review code, implement tests, use Git workflows, and collaborate with downstream teams.

Qualifications

• US Citizen. TS clearance with SCI eligibility.
• 3+ years' software engineering experience, using programming languages including C/C++ (C++11 or newer) and Python.
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Experience with continuous integration tools (GitLab-CI, Jenkins, or similar).
• Knowledge of build systems (e.g., Make, CMake).
• Understanding of distributed architecture.
• Familiarity with networking protocols (e.g., UDP, TCP, IP) and POSIX standards.
• Experience in developing multi-threaded applications.
• Previous team leader or manager role

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and refine software with a high degree of ownership, driving impactful features from concept through delivery while ensuring robustness and reliability.
• Review code, provide clear feedback, and enforce adherence to established development processes, style guides, and design standards to maintain consistency and quality across the codebase.
• Design and implement unit and integration tests for both self-authored and peer-authored code.
• Utilize version control systems to create feature branches, push code, and merge approved code into production branches.
• Contribute to the onboard software architecture through design proposals and collaborative review
• Participate in the review and enhancement of software development processes and design standards.
• Coordinate with downstream teams on the distribution and adoption of the latest releases.
• In addition to responsibilities within onboard software, you’ll have the opportunity to directly be involved in operating our on-orbit fleet of satellites.

Skills

C/C++ (C++11+)

Python

Distributed systems

Networking

Multithreading

Team lead experience

Tools

Git & workflows

GitLab CI / Jenkins

Make / CMake

POSIX

Job description

Loft Federal's Software group delivers on-orbit software powering satellite fleet, from onboard Linux services to containerized workloads. In this Flight Software Engineer role you design and implement software connecting spacecraft hardware to the platform, enabling successful missions in orbit.

You will own features end-to-end, review code, implement tests, use Git workflows, and collaborate with downstream teams.