Loft Orbital Solutions
Loft Orbital Solutions builds standardized satellite platforms and delivers end-to-end missions as a service for governments, companies, and research institutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held firm integrates, launches, and operates spacecraft to deploy Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on‑orbit compute, and national security payloads in months. Loft has flown more than 30 missions, using hardware and software abstraction layers atop commodity satellite buses.
Open Positions at Loft Orbital Solutions
7 open positions
Join Loft Orbital as the founding developer of its satellite marketplace and build reliable onboard software for AI applications running in orbit. You will own features end-to-end, contribute to spacecraft software architecture, and help operate an on-orbit satellite fleet.
Join Loft Orbital as an onboard software engineer building reliable core services for satellite operations and an expanding fleet of spacecraft. You’ll own features end-to-end, contribute to onboard architecture, and ship software that operates in orbit.
Build the founding full-stack team for Loft Orbital’s marketplace for AI applications running on satellites. You’ll own the storefront, partner portal, APIs, integrations, and platform features from MVP through scale.
Join Loft’s Onboard Software team to build the deployment, Linux, and container runtime systems that package and execute software securely on satellites. You’ll work across embedded Linux, containerization, CI pipelines, and product validation for spacecraft operating in orbit.
Join Loft’s Cloud Infrastructure SRE team to own and scale the networks supporting offices, test equipment, and satellite ground stations. You’ll combine deep networking expertise with automation, observability, incident response, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Build and operate Python backend services that let operators and customers command, monitor, and automate a satellite fleet. This hands-on role combines production software development with spacecraft operations and live mission debugging.
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer responsible for scaling and operating reliable cloud and ground-segment infrastructure that supports satellite operations. The role combines Kubernetes, observability, automation, developer tooling, and SatDevOps practices across hybrid cloud environments.