Senior Electrical Engineer

Loftorbital; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Flexible Spending (FSA) and HSA

Life, AD&D, disability insurance

401(k) plan and equity options

Relocation assistance

Parental leave

Daily catered lunches

International exposure (France)

Job summary

Loft Orbital seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead detailed board design and power electronics for space missions. You will collaborate with mechanical, systems, and program teams to deliver hardware that meets mission needs and supports various bus protocols.

Strong experience in space hardware integration, FPFA exposure, scripting, and external supplier management will help drive multiple board designs forward.

Qualifications

• Experience owning a board design from concept to delivery.
• Familiarity with space/embedded bus protocols and hardware integration.
• Senior-level electrical engineering background with FPGA exposure.
• Ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Own detailed board design work for new missions and power supply designs.
• Serve as technical contact for electrical requirements across teams.
• Work with various bus protocols and space vehicle subsystems.
• Assist with harness schematics, ICD reviews, and system-level questions.
• Collaborate with hardware and electrical systems engineers on multiple designs.

Skills

Board design

Bus protocols

Space hardware

FPGA exposure

Scripting

Supplier management

Electrical systems

Job description

Loft Orbital is redefining how satellites get built and deployed, and our electrical engineering team is at the heart of that mission. We're looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer who lives and breathes hardware design, someone who wants to sit down and knock out a board, dig into bus protocols, and help shape the next generation of space vehicle subsystems. If you want your fingerprints on real flight hardware - not just theory - this is your seat at the table.

Responsibilities

• Own detailed board design work, including new digital and analog designs supporting upcoming missions (including active work on new power supply designs, such as for the TASA mission).
• Be a technical face for electrical requirements, working cross-functionally with mechanical, systems, and program teams to deliver hardware that meets mission needs.
• Work across different bus protocols and get familiar with the electrical architecture of multiple space vehicle subsystems.
• Flex into electrical systems support when needed - helping with harness schematics, ICDs, or system-level electrical questions alongside your board design work.
• Collaborate closely with our existing hardware and electrical systems engineers to help cover a growing pipeline of new board designs kicked off across the team.

Qualifications

• Strong, demonstrated experience in board design - you're comfortable owning a design from concept through delivery.
• Familiarity with different bus protocols used in space or embedded hardware systems.
• Working knowledge of space vehicle subsystems and how electrical hardware integrates into them.
• Comfortable acting as a technical point of contact for electrical requirements across teams.
• Ability and willingness to flex into electrical systems tasks (harness schematics, ICD review) as needed.
• Senior-level experience in electrical engineering, ideally with some FPGA exposure.
• Software/scripting capability - comfortable running scripts, debugging code, or managing an outside supplier delivering hardware with embedded software.
• Familiarity with CD&H systems.
• Experience managing external suppliers or vendors delivering hardware/software components.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents.
• Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA.
• 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan and equity options.
• Daily catered lunches and snacks in office.
• International exposure to our team in France.
• Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent.
• Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support.
• Off-sites and many social events and celebrations.
• Relocation assistance when applicable.

*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes.

Who We Are

Loft: Space Made Simple.

Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.

We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.

With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.

As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.