Senior Product Systems Engineer

Loft Orbital Solutions
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 180,000 - 230,000 annuallyFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Skills: ["APIs","Distributed systems","Cloud"]

Own the architecture of Loft’s offering across ground and space, defining platform structure, allocation of capabilities across segments, and cross-cutting interfaces. Shape requirements, interfaces, and CONOPS at the offering level, ensuring the ground processing chain and customer-facing tooling are coherent, reusable, and scalable across engineering, product, and operations teams.

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Loft Orbital Solutions
Loft Orbital Solutions
3 months ago

Senior Product Systems Engineer

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Job Summary

Own the architecture of Loft’s offering across ground and space, defining platform structure, allocation of capabilities across segments, and cross-cutting interfaces. Shape requirements, interfaces, and CONOPS at the offering level, ensuring the ground processing chain and customer-facing tooling are coherent, reusable, and scalable across engineering, product, and operations teams.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the architecture of Loft’s offering across ground and space, defining the platform structure and cross-cutting interfaces
  • •Define capabilities, interfaces, requirements, and responsibilities for the offering level
  • •Ensure the ground processing chain is defined and evolves as a coherent part of the offering
  • •Help shape ground software tools and interfaces as the main entry point for customers
  • •Coordinate architecture discussions and drive alignment between product intent, system architecture, and implementation realities across teams

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 230,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEquity Options

Key Requirements

  • •Strong systems engineering background in complex technical products spanning software and hardware
  • •Experience at the boundary between architecture definition, requirements structuring, and engineering implementation
  • •Ability to structure complex systems into clear capabilities, interfaces, requirements, and responsibilities
  • •Strong understanding of software-heavy systems, including distributed components, APIs, processing chains, and integration patterns
  • •Ability to coordinate cross-functional technical work across several teams without relying on direct authority
Experience:Space
Skills:APIsDistributed systemsCloud
Languages:English
Tech Stack:APIsDistributed systemsCloudSoftwareHardware

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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