Onboard Software Engineer - Peripheral Services

Loft Orbital Solutions
France
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Ownership","Collaboration","Attention to quality"]

Build and refine on-orbit onboard software that integrates third-party devices and payloads into a standardized satellite platform. Own features end-to-end, from design through delivery, ensuring robustness and reliability. Perform code reviews, enforce development standards, and create unit/integration tests. Collaborate on architecture proposals and release adoption while working closely with downstream teams supporting satellite operations at scale.

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Loft Orbital Solutions
Loft Orbital Solutions
19 hours ago

Onboard Software Engineer - Peripheral Services

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Job Summary

Build and refine on-orbit onboard software that integrates third-party devices and payloads into a standardized satellite platform. Own features end-to-end, from design through delivery, ensuring robustness and reliability. Perform code reviews, enforce development standards, and create unit/integration tests. Collaborate on architecture proposals and release adoption while working closely with downstream teams supporting satellite operations at scale.
Location: France
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, and refine onboard software that connects diverse spacecraft hardware to the rest of the platform to enable successful missions.
  • •Own impactful features from concept through delivery while ensuring robustness and reliability.
  • •Review code and provide clear feedback, enforcing development processes, style guides, and design standards across the codebase.
  • •Design and implement unit and integration tests for both self-authored and peer-authored code.
  • •Coordinate with downstream teams on the distribution and adoption of the latest releases.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceLife InsurancePaid LeaveMeal AllowanceRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years of software engineering experience using C/C++ (C++11 or newer) and Python.
  • •Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows, including feature branching and merging.
  • •Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins) and build systems (e.g., Make, CMake).
  • •Experience with unit test frameworks (e.g., pytest, Googletest, Unity) and designing tests for production code.
  • •Familiarity with embedded Linux concepts and operation (e.g., Yocto, device trees, systemd, Linux on ARM).
Experience:Space systemsEmbedded LinuxOn-orbit operations
Skills:OwnershipCollaborationAttention to quality
Tech Stack:C++PythonGitGitLab CIJenkinsMakeCMakePytestGoogletestUnityGRPCZMQNATSDockerK3SSystemd-nspawnLinuxYoctoDevice treesSystemd

Company Brief

Loft Orbital Solutions
Provides satellite rideshare and mission integration services, offering turnkey spacecraft platforms, payload hosting, and mission operations to accelerate deployment of space-based payloads for commercial and government customers.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Long Beach, United States
Founded: 2017
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