Onboard Software Engineer - Deployment & Runtime Environments

Loft Orbital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Loft’s Onboard Software group powers our satellite fleet with Linux services on the hub processor and containerized workloads in low Earth orbit. The Deployment & Runtime Environments team designs how software is packaged, deployed, and executed onboard, from mission-specific stacks to a secure runtime container environment for external workloads.

We’re looking for someone scrappy who can dive into an unfamiliar system, map it out, and ship solutions without handholding.

Qualifications

• Scrappy engineer who digs into unfamiliar systems and maps them out

Responsibilities

• Work across Linux internals, container runtimes, and CI pipelines to design, package, deploy, and run onboard software
• Collaborate with the Deployment & Runtime Environments team to ensure secure and reliable software execution aboard satellites
• Ship updates and features for mission-specific software stacks without requiring handholding

Job description

Wanna join the adventure?

Loft’s Onboard Software group provides the on-orbit software that powers our satellite fleet — from the Linux services running on the hub processor, to the containerized workloads executing customer applications in low Earth orbit.

The Deployment & Runtime Environments team is where software meets the satellite. We own how software gets packaged, deployed, and executed onboard: from the tool that assembles and maintains mission-specific software stacks, to the Runtime Container Environment that lets partner and customer workloads run securely in orbit, to the Linux infrastructure that makes it all reliable. As more satellite programs come online and as we open our container runtime to a growing number of external workloads, the team’s scope is expanding fast.

We’re looking for someone scrappy — the kind of engineer who digs into an unfamiliar system, maps it out, and gets it shipped without needing the path handed to them. You’ll move between Linux internals, container runtimes, and CI pipelines, sometimes in the same afternoon.