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About the Role
Loft Orbital is seeking a Flight Dynamics Software Engineer to join the Ground Platform organization. This role involves developing flight dynamics software to support a growing satellite constellation, ensuring scalability, reliability, and safety. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of astrodynamics, operational flight dynamics experience, and software engineering foundations, with a passion for solving complex problems in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
- Implement and improve algorithms for orbit determination, orbit propagation, maneuver planning, conjunction assessment, collision avoidance, and attitude modeling.
- Contribute to open-source astrodynamics tooling for flight operations and simulation.
- Develop and maintain in-house flight dynamics ground software backend applications.
- Compute, store, and serve fleet ephemerides, maneuvers, conjunctions, and target orbits.
- Interface with systems and mission engineers to translate requirements into operational outcomes.
- Support satellite operations engineers with astrodynamics expertise during LEOP, anomalies, and conjunction response.
- Assist with configuring the software stack for various customer missions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
- Deep technical understanding of orbital mechanics, state estimation, spacecraft maneuver planning, conjunction assessment, and spacecraft attitude modeling.
- Fundamentals of numerical methods including solvers, optimization, and simulation techniques.
- Experience with designing and developing software libraries and backend services, preferably in Python.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Skills
- Astrodynamics
- Orbital Mechanics
- State Estimation
- Spacecraft Maneuver Planning
- Conjunction Assessment
- Spacecraft Attitude Modeling
- Numerical Methods
- Software Libraries
- Backend Services
- Python
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Golden, CO
- Toulouse, France
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $175,000 - $210,000 per year
Benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts with employer HSA contribution
- 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
- Fully paid parental leave (14 weeks for primary caregiver, 10 weeks for secondary caregiver)
- Carrot Fertility benefits
- Off-sites and social events
- Relocation assistance
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 existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft reduces 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.