Satellite Systems Engineer

About this Role

• Serve as satellite systems engineer for one or more customer missions, representing Loft in technical discussions and reviews to accommodate and fly a variety of payloads
• Act as the internal payload subject-matter expert, interfacing with hardware and software teams to ensure end-to-end integration.
• Work with flight operations to develop the mission CONOPS, supporting the development of Service Level Agreements with Loft's customers
• Assist with program management and product management, including interfacing with customers on programmatic and schedule matters
• Review test plans and test results, and participate in the integration, test campaign, launch and in-orbit activities
• Accommodate customer missions on Loft’s rideshare programs, contributing to satellite-level budgets and analyses, V&V planning, CONOPS definition, AIT, and on-orbit operations.

Must Haves

• You have >2 years demonstrated experience as a spacecraft systems engineer, or equivalent experience in at least two different subsystems (ADCS, Mechanical, Thermal, Power, On-Board Electronics & Software, …)
• You have strong communication and organizational skills
• You challenge norms in aerospace engineering and testing activities and or experienced in fast-paced development environment
• You have experience in small satellite assembly, integration and test campaigns, and/or in spacecraft delivery to orbit
• You handle pressure positively and are always ready to put hands-on

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Python and Jupyter notebooks for analysis and simulation
• Exposure to different space payload technologies (e.g., RF, optical, radar, hosted compute,…)
• Exposure to in-orbit operations
• International experience