Attitude Guidance & Performance Engineer

Loft Orbital Solutions
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 130,000 - 190,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Organizational skills","Hands-on","Ability to work under pressure","Technical troubleshooting"]

Serve as the technical authority for spacecraft ADCS performance, guidance algorithms, and attitude control across Loft missions. Work with systems engineers to define performance requirements and calibration strategy, develop and validate attitude guidance algorithms, and coordinate with bus suppliers to resolve anomalies. Support customer interactions, diagnose in-orbit ADCS issues, and help build a common guidance service spanning multiple spacecraft platforms.

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Loft Orbital Solutions
Loft Orbital Solutions
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Attitude Guidance & Performance Engineer

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Job Summary

Serve as the technical authority for spacecraft ADCS performance, guidance algorithms, and attitude control across Loft missions. Work with systems engineers to define performance requirements and calibration strategy, develop and validate attitude guidance algorithms, and coordinate with bus suppliers to resolve anomalies. Support customer interactions, diagnose in-orbit ADCS issues, and help build a common guidance service spanning multiple spacecraft platforms.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define performance requirements, consolidate budgets, and ADCS allocations with systems engineers.
  • •Develop and validate attitude guidance algorithms for on-ground or in-orbit use.
  • •Develop the ADCS calibration strategy and coordinate with bus suppliers on follow-ups and anomaly resolution.
  • •Support customer interactions for ADCS performance and be the technical reference for attitude control across the in-orbit fleet.
  • •Diagnose and troubleshoot ADCS anomalies and guidance/control issues.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 130,000 - 190,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of proven experience as an attitude control architect or engineer.
  • •Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • •Experience challenging aerospace engineering and testing practices, and/or working in a fast-paced development environment.
  • •Performs well under pressure and is hands-on.
  • •Extensive knowledge of Python.
Experience:5+ yearsAerospaceSpaceSpacecraftSatellite systemsEarth observation
Skills:CommunicationOrganizational skillsHands-onAbility to work under pressureTechnical troubleshooting
Tech Stack:Python

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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