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About the Role
The Onboard Software group provides the on-orbit software that powers Loft's core products, responsible for monitoring and control of major space program elements including flight products computational environments, interfaces with external equipment, and interfaces with the spacecraft bus. The Core Services team specifically handles high-level vehicle services and functions such as file transfer, time synchronization, automation, scheduling, attitude control, and navigation, forming the foundation of the onboard architecture and being reused across satellite programs.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and refine software with a high degree of ownership, driving impactful features from concept through delivery.
- Ensure robustness and reliability of software.
- Review code, provide clear feedback, and enforce adherence to established development processes, style guides, and design standards.
- Design and implement unit tests for self-authored and peer-authored code.
- Utilize version control systems to create feature branches, push code, and merge approved code into production branches.
- Contribute to the onboard software architecture through design proposals and collaborative review.
- Participate in the review and enhancement of software development processes and design standards.
- Coordinate with downstream teams on the release, distribution, and adoption of latest releases.
- Be involved in operating the on-orbit fleet of satellites.
Requirements
- 2+ years software engineering experience.
- Experience using programming languages including C/C++ (C++11 or newer) and Python.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g., GitLab-CI, Jenkins).
- Experience with build systems (e.g., Make, CMake).
- Understanding of distributed architecture.
- Familiarity with networking protocols (e.g., UDP, TCP, IP) and POSIX standards.
- Experience in developing multi-threaded applications.
Skills
- C/C++
- Python
- Git
- GitLab-CI
- Jenkins
- Make
- CMake
- UDP
- TCP
- IP
- POSIX standards
- Multi-threaded applications
- Go
- Rust
- Embedded Linux
- Yocto
- Device trees
- Systemd
- Linux on ARM platforms
- pytest
- Googletest
- Unity
- Robot
- Cucumber
- gRPC
- ZMQ/NATS
- Docker
- K3S
- systemd-nspawn
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Golden, CO
- Toulouse, France
Work Type
- Onsite
- International
Experience Level
- 2+ years software engineering experience
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000 - $205,000 a year
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
- 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan
- Equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver
- 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
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.