Spacecraft Attitude & Guidance Performance Engineer

Loft Orbital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Loft Orbital in San Francisco, CA, seeks an Attitude Guidance & Performance Engineer to serve as the technical authority for ADCS performance, guidance algorithms, and attitude control across Loft missions.

You will work with mission teams, customers, and spacecraft suppliers to define performance requirements, develop and validate guidance solutions, support in-orbit operations, and resolve complex attitude control challenges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience as an attitude control architect or engineer.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced development environment.
• Hands-on and able to perform under pressure.
• Extensive knowledge of Python.

Responsibilities

• Work with Programs Lead Systems Engineers to define performance requirements, consolidate budgets, and ADCS allocations;
• Develop and validate the attitude guidance algorithms (on-ground or in orbit);
• Develop the ADCS calibration strategy;
• Coordinate with the bus suppliers to ensure a follow-up and anomaly resolution;
• Support customer interactions for ADCS performance;
• Be the technical reference for attitude control matters for the in-orbit fleet;
• Diagnose and troubleshoot the ADCS anomalies.

Skills

ADCS

Python

Communication

Organization

Hands-on

Attitude control

Job description

Loft Orbital in San Francisco, CA, seeks an Attitude Guidance & Performance Engineer to serve as the technical authority for ADCS performance, guidance algorithms, and attitude control across Loft missions.

You will work with mission teams, customers, and spacecraft suppliers to define performance requirements, develop and validate guidance solutions, support in-orbit operations, and resolve complex attitude control challenges.