Onboard Software Engineer: Core Services for Satellites

Loft Orbital; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid medical, dental, and

vision insurance

Flexible Time Off

401(k) and equity options

Daily catered lunches

Relocation assistance

International exposure

Job summary

Loft is seeking a software engineer to design, implement, and refine onboard software for our satellite fleet from concept through delivery. You will own features, review peers' code, and help shape architecture and testing practices.

The role involves collaborating across teams, participating in release planning, and possibly supporting on-orbit operations. A strong background in C/C++, Python, and distributed systems is expected.

Qualifications

• 2+ years software engineering experience with C/C++ (C++11+) and Python.
• Experience with Git version control and CI tools (GitLab/Jenkins).
• Experience with build systems such as Make or CMake.
• Understanding of distributed architectures and POSIX networking.
• Experience in developing multi-threaded applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine software with ownership from concept to delivery, ensuring robustness.
• Review code, enforce standards, and maintain quality across the codebase.
• Design and implement unit tests for self and peer code.
• Use version control to create feature branches and merge into production branches.
• Contribute to onboard software architecture through design proposals and reviews.
• Participate in improving software development processes and standards.
• Coordinate with downstream teams on releases and adoption of new versions.
• Potential involvement in operating Loft’s on-orbit satellite fleet.

Skills

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

Python

Git

CI (GitLab/Jenkins)

Make/CMake

Distributed systems

Networking (UDP/TCP/IP)

Multithreading

Tools

Go

Rust

Yocto (Embedded Linux)

Googletest

pytest

Docker

gRPC

Job description

Loft is seeking a software engineer to design, implement, and refine onboard software for our satellite fleet from concept through delivery. You will own features, review peers' code, and help shape architecture and testing practices.

The role involves collaborating across teams, participating in release planning, and possibly supporting on-orbit operations. A strong background in C/C++, Python, and distributed systems is expected.