Loft Orbital Solutions
Senior Product Systems Engineer
TLDR
Shape Loft's space infrastructure offerings by defining architecture and ensuring coherence across hardware, software, and ground systems while directly influencing mission capabilities.
Wanna join the adventure?
At Loft, we’re building the infrastructure that makes space simple. We enable customers to deploy missions faster and more reliably than ever before. The Creative Studio team shapes how Loft’s brand is seen and experienced internally and externally.
We’re looking for a Senior Brand Designer to join our small team and work across many brand touchpoints, from marketing campaigns to motion, video, web, presentations, events, and print.
As a high level IC you’ll partner closely with the Creative Director and collaborate with teams across the company. We move quickly and support a wide range of projects, so we value clear communication, adaptability, and designers who take ownership and help move work forward.
This role is a great fit for someone who would like to own projects end-to-end, enjoys managing stakeholders, and designing across multiple mediums while contributing to brand growth.
About this role:
Must Haves:
Strong systems engineering background in complex technical products spanning software and hardware
Experience working 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
Strong communication and documentation skills, including the ability to turn technical ambiguity into a clear framework for decisions and execution
Sound engineering judgment on the right level of rigor, abstraction, and specification for a growing organization
Nice to Haves:
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
401(k) plan and equity options
Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
International exposure to our team in France
Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
Relocation assistance when applicable
- Help define the general architecture of Loft’s offering across ground and space
- Support capability allocation across hardware, software, ground, flight, Loft-owned components, and external components
- Ensure the ground processing chain is defined and evolved as a coherent part of the offering
- Help shape ground software tools and interfaces as the main entry point for customers
- Clarify the interaction model between OBSW, ground software, customer software, third-party software, and Loft’s stack
- Help define, organize, and maintain requirements, interfaces, and architectural boundaries for offering-level topics
- Coordinate architecture discussions and drive alignment between product intent, system architecture, and implementation realities across teams
- Contribute to CONOPS, ICDs, architecture notes, trade studies, and related technical documentation
- Help ensure solutions are reusable, scalable, and understandable rather than tailored only to one mission
- Support architecture reviews and technical decision-making on cross-cutting topics
- Experience with space systems, including ground segment tooling, onboard software, or customer-facing technical platforms
- Experience defining integration models involving customer-owned or third-party software
- Experience with architecture trade studies, capability allocation, and system-level interface management
- Familiarity with CONOPS, ICDs, and other architecture or interface documentation methods
- Experience with onboard data processing and cloud-based ground software
- Experience in international and cross-site engineering collaboration
*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.
Who We Are
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 our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing 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.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.
Benefits
Equity Compensation
401(k) plan and equity options
Health Insurance
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
Fertility healthcare benefits
Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
Paid Parental Leave
Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
Paid Time Off
Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
Loft Orbital Solutions simplifies space missions for governments, companies, and research institutions by providing end-to-end services for integrating, launching, and operating spacecraft. With a diverse focus ranging from Earth observation to national security, we drastically reduce launch timelines from years to months, making space more accessible than ever.
- Founded
- Founded 2016
- Employees
- 51-200 employees
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services
- Total raised
- $16M raised
Systems Engineer