Senior Product Systems Architect – Space & Ground Platform

Loft Orbital Solutions; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid medical, dental, and

Vision insurance for employees and

401(k) plan and equity options

Flexible Time Off and paid holidays

Relocation assistance when applicable

Job summary

Loft Orbital Solutions seeks a Senior Product Systems Engineer to own the architecture of Loft's offering across ground and space. You will define architecture, allocate capabilities, and ensure coherent interfaces between customers, software, and Loft's stack.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and operations across sites to evolve the ground processing chain and customer tooling while keeping solutions reusable, scalable, and product-driven.

Qualifications

• Strong systems engineering background spanning software and hardware.
• Experience bridging architecture definition, requirements, and engineering implementation.
• Ability to structure complex systems into clear capabilities, interfaces, requirements, and responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of software-heavy systems, APIs, and processing chains.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional work across several teams without direct authority.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills for clear decision frameworks.
• Appropriate engineering judgment for a growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Define Loft's overall offering architecture across ground and space.
• Support capability allocation across hardware, software, ground, flight, Loft-owned components, and external components.
• Ensure the ground processing chain is defined and evolved as a coherent part of the offering.
• Shape ground software tools and interfaces as the main entry point for customers.
• Clarify the interaction model between OBSW, ground software, customer software, third-party software, and Loft’s stack.
• Define, organize, and maintain requirements, interfaces, and architectural boundaries for offering-level topics.
• Coordinate architecture discussions and drive alignment between product intent, system architecture, and implementation realities across teams.
• Contribute to CONOPS, ICDs, architecture notes, trade studies, and related technical documentation.
• Help ensure solutions are reusable, scalable, and understandable rather than tailored only to one mission.
• Support architecture reviews and technical decision-making on cross-cutting topics.

Skills

Strong systems engineering background

Architecture definition & requirements

Structure complex systems

Software-heavy systems & APIs

Cross-functional coordination without权

Job description

Loft Orbital Solutions seeks a Senior Product Systems Engineer to own the architecture of Loft's offering across ground and space. You will define architecture, allocate capabilities, and ensure coherent interfaces between customers, software, and Loft's stack.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and operations across sites to evolve the ground processing chain and customer tooling while keeping solutions reusable, scalable, and product-driven.