Satellite AIT Engineer — Flight-Ready Test Lead

Loft Federal; Arvada (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid medical, dental and

401(k) plan and equity

Daily catered lunches and snacks

Fully paid parental leave

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Loft Federal is a highly capable space infrastructure provider, delivering mission-ready solutions with a transparent, collaborative culture. The Assembly Integration & Test Engineer role focuses on hands-on assembly, integration, and environmental testing of satellite payloads, coordinating with mechanical, electrical, systems, and software teams to ensure readiness for launch.

You will author procedures, troubleshoot issues, and ensure test campaigns meet aerospace standards.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance; SCI desirable.
• 5+ years (3+ with graduate degree) in a testing role, preferably in aerospace.
• Experience writing, performing, and documenting tests.
• Experience with environmental testing (Vibration, TVAC, EMI, Radiation).
• Experience organizing test campaigns from idea to completion.
• Familiar with aerospace testing standards such as GEVS.
• Experience using Python for testing.
• Experience designing or building harnesses for flight or test.
• Experience setting up GSE for testing.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on role taking satellites from test bench to launch; build, integrate, test, verify products.
• Perform electrical and mechanical integration of payloads onto satellites and conduct environmental testing.
• Author and execute detailed test procedures; troubleshoot issues with cross-team collaboration.
• Ensure hardware performs as intended before flight and support mission operations.

Skills

DoD clearance

Testing

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Team collaboration

Electrical integration

Mechanical integration

Education

Graduate degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Python

Jira

Confluence

GIT

Docker

Job description

Loft Federal is a highly capable space infrastructure provider, delivering mission-ready solutions with a transparent, collaborative culture. The Assembly Integration & Test Engineer role focuses on hands-on assembly, integration, and environmental testing of satellite payloads, coordinating with mechanical, electrical, systems, and software teams to ensure readiness for launch.

You will author procedures, troubleshoot issues, and ensure test campaigns meet aerospace standards.