Senior Onboard Software Engineer, Hyperdrive Platform

Loftorbital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) and equity

Relocation assistance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Lunches and snacks

International exposure

Job summary

Loftorbital is seeking an experienced onboard software engineer to join our mission-critical team in San Francisco. You will own software from concept through delivery, ensuring robustness and reliability for spaceborne systems.

You will review code, implement tests, and collaborate on architecture while coordinating releases with downstream teams. Opportunity to work on orbiting satellites and space missions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in C/C++ and Python.
• Proficient with Git and CI tools (GitLab-CI, Jenkins).
• Experience with Make, CMake, and ABI/API version control.
• Knowledge of distributed architectures and networking.
• Strong multithreading and Linux/embedded Linux development.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and refine software with ownership from concept to delivery.
• Review code and enforce standards for quality and consistency.
• Develop unit tests for self and peer code.
• Use version control to manage feature branches and releases.
• Contribute to onboard software architecture and design reviews.
• Collaborate to improve software development processes and standards.
• Coordinate with downstream teams for releases and adoption.
• In addition, contribute to operating our on-orbit satellite fleet when needed.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Git

GitLab-CI

Jenkins

Make

CMake

ABI/API version control

Distributed architecture

Networking: UDP/TCP/IP

Multithreading

Go

Rust

Embedded Linux (Yocto)

Device trees

systemd

Linux on ARM

pytest

Googletest

Unity

gRPC

ZMQ/NATS

Docker

K3S

systemd-nspawn

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Make

CMake

Yocto

Device trees

GCC/Clang

Job description

Loftorbital is seeking an experienced onboard software engineer to join our mission-critical team in San Francisco. You will own software from concept through delivery, ensuring robustness and reliability for spaceborne systems.

You will review code, implement tests, and collaborate on architecture while coordinating releases with downstream teams. Opportunity to work on orbiting satellites and space missions.