Loft Orbital

Turnkey space missions via standardized satellites

Onboard Software Solutions Engineer

Embedded EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAbu Dhabi - United Arab EmiratesNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Experience with Python and C++.
Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment, including GitLab CI, TeamCity, or Travis CI.
Experience with automated testing frameworks.
Experience with data serialization and deserialization, including YAML, JSON, or CUE.
Previous experience as a Flight Software Engineer, Software Integration Engineer, Software Test Engineer, or Software Engineer focused on automated testing.
Ability to troubleshoot issues and communicate issues and solutions effectively.

Responsibilities

Improve test coverage and automate testing to streamline onboard software creation, integration, validation, and release, and minimize the time from feature development to availability on-orbit.
Configure standard onboard software components for customer payloads and support their deployment and troubleshooting internally and externally.
Own and evolve tools for onboard software creation, versioning, testing, and release management, while providing stakeholders across programs and missions with transparent, current status tracking.
Collaborate with Engineering and Satellite Operations teams to ensure rapid, reliable, and thoroughly tested onboard software deployment for customers.
Work on live-mission issues and help resolve problems as they occur.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with embedded Linux operation.
Experience with build systems such as Make or CMake.
Experience with networking, including UDP, TCP, or IP.
Experience in software integration, bringing software components together.
Experience in or close to satellite operations.

Wanna Join the Adventure?

The Onboard Software Solutions Team is responsible for creating, configuring, and deploying all onboard software components dedicated to a program or mission. We configure and extend agnostic onboard software to fit a given satellite architecture and requirements, and are responsible for the development, end-to-end testing, and release of that onboard software.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, helping build modern automated infrastructure, bringing software and space together. As well as developing our future systems, the role will also be working on real-time issues on live missions, helping to solve problems as they occur.

About this Role:

Streamline the creation, integration, validation, and release of onboard software by improving test coverage, automating testing, and minimizing time from feature development to availability on-orbit.

Configure standard onboard software components for customers' payloads and support the deployment and troubleshooting internally and externally

Own and evolve the tools for onboard software creation, versioning, testing, and release management while providing transparent, up-to-date status tracking for all stakeholders across programs and missions.

Collaborate closely with the broader Engineering and Satellite Operations teams to ensure the rapid, reliable, and thoroughly tested deployment of onboard software for customers.

Must Haves:

Experience in Python and C++

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (gitlab-ci, teamcity, travis-ci)

Automated testing frameworks

Experience in data serialization/deserialization (yaml, json, cue)

Previous experience as Flight Software Engineer or Software Integration Engineer or Software Test Engineer or Software Engineer with a focus on Automated Testing

Ability to troubleshoot and effectively communicate issues and solutions

Nice to Haves:

Experience in Embedded Linux Operation

Experience in build systems (make, cmake)

Experience in Networking (UDP, TCP, IP)

Experience in Software Integration - Making all the pieces work together

Experience in or close to Satellite Operations

Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.

About the Company

Loft Orbital

Turnkey space missions via standardized satellites

Loft Orbital provides space infrastructure as a service, offering turnkey access to satellite missions. It maintains an inventory of satellite buses and runs scheduled quarterly launches, enabling clients to deploy missions quickly without managing the technical details. The company handles all mission engineering, operations, and logistics, using identical satellite hardware for each mission to maximize flight heritage and reduce technical risk. Its payload-agnostic technology can support a wide range of payloads on a standard bus, giving it flexibility to serve diverse customers. Loft Orbital's model centers on delivering end-to-end space missions as a service, charging clients for deployment, operation, and the ongoing support needed to build and scale satellite constellations.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Series C
Total funding: $344M
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 2016

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