Onboard Software Engineer, Hyperdrive — Equity Options

Loft Orbital; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible time off

401(k) with equity

Daily catered lunches

Job summary

Loft Orbital in San Francisco seeks a senior software engineer to design, implement, and refine onboard software with ownership from concept through delivery, ensuring robustness and reliability.

You will review code, write tests, and enforce standards while using Git, CI/CD, and modern build systems. You’ll collaborate across teams and contribute to onboard architecture, with opportunities to operate the on-orbit satellite fleet.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with C/C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and refine software with ownership from concept through delivery.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Git

CI/CD

Build systems

POSIX

Networking

Multithreading

Distributed architecture

Tools

Docker

K3S

systemd-nspawn

Go

Rust

Job description

Loft Orbital in San Francisco seeks a senior software engineer to design, implement, and refine onboard software with ownership from concept through delivery, ensuring robustness and reliability.

You will review code, write tests, and enforce standards while using Git, CI/CD, and modern build systems. You’ll collaborate across teams and contribute to onboard architecture, with opportunities to operate the on-orbit satellite fleet.