Satellite Operations Software Engineer
Loft Orbital Solutions1 month ago
Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSenior
Responsibilities
- Execute satellite operations as a Satellite Controller or Flight Director, including commissioning, nominal operations, anomaly response, and on-call rotations.
- Configure procedures, dashboards, subschedules, resolvers, autopilot plans, commissioning systems, and cockpit configurations.
- Develop ground- and space-based automation and script mission performance and operational workflows.
- Validate and verify satellite operations tools and apply the “Test as We Fly” methodology to mission-critical systems.
- Support pre-launch and launch test campaigns and understand customer CONOPS for operational planning and execution.
- Interface with customers before and during mission deployment.
Requirements
- Strong background in satellite operations and complex systems management.
- Willingness to train as a Satellite Controller or Flight Director and participate in commissioning and on-call operations.
- Proven software development experience with strong automation and scripting skills.
- Ability to work across ground-based, space-based, and interface hardware/software systems.
- Proficiency in Python and Git.
- Pragmatic, accountable, autonomous, adaptable, and able to balance short- and long-term operational goals.
- Preferred experience with Airbus satellite platforms, including the Arrow-150 bus, avionics, ADCS, or propulsion.
- Preferred experience with LEO satellite operations, constellation management, satellite testing, AIT, validation and verification, and customer interaction.
- Arabic language skills or willingness to learn are preferred.
About 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.