Loft's Onboard Software group needs to develop and maintain the on-orbit software that powers their core products, responsible for monitoring and control of major space program elements, including computational environments, interfaces with external equipment, and interfaces with the spacecraft bus. The Peripheral Services team specifically needs to develop services and functions that interact with external physical units, which are reused across satellite programs and form the building blocks of their onboard architecture.
Requirements
- 3+ years' software engineering experience, using programming languages including C/C++ (C++11 or newer) and Python.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git
- Knowledge of continuous integration tools (e.g., GitLab-CI, Jenkins).
- Knowledge of build systems (e.g., Make, CMake).
- Understanding of distributed architecture.
- Familiarity with networking protocols (e.g., UDP, TCP, IP) and POSIX standards.
- Experience in developing multi-threaded applications.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and refine software with a high degree of ownership, driving impactful features from concept through delivery while ensuring robustness and reliability.
- Review code, provide clear feedback, and enforce adherence to established development processes, style guides, and design standards to maintain consistency and quality across the codebase.
- Design and implement unit tests for both self-authored and peer-authored code.
- Utilize version control systems to create feature branches, push code, and merge approved code into production branches.
- Contribute to the onboard software architecture through design proposals and collaborative review
- Participate in the review and enhancement of software development processes and design standards.
- Coordinate with downstream teams on the release, distribution and adoption of latest releases.
Other
- Wanna join the adventure?
- In addition to responsibilities within onboard software, you’ll have the opportunity to directly be involved in operating our on-orbit fleet of satellites.
- 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.
- We value kind, supportive and team-oriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator.
- As our team is international, you will need strong English skills to better collaborate, easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages.
