Senior Product Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of Loft's overall offering, ensuring coherence across ground, space, software, and hardware segments
• Define how capabilities are allocated across hardware, software, ground, and flight components
• Shape ground software tools and interfaces to serve as the primary entry point for customers
• Clarify interaction models between onboard software, ground software, and customer/third-party software
• Define, organize, and maintain requirements, interfaces, and architectural boundaries
• Coordinate architecture discussions to drive alignment between product intent and implementation realities
• Contribute to technical documentation including CONOPS, ICDs, architecture notes, and trade studies
• Ensure solutions are designed to be reusable and scalable rather than tailored to single missions

Requirements

• Strong systems engineering background in complex technical products spanning software and hardware
• Experience working at the boundary of architecture definition, requirements structuring, and engineering implementation
• Deep understanding of software-heavy systems, including distributed components, APIs, and integration patterns
• Ability to structure complex systems into clear capabilities, interfaces, and responsibilities
• Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional technical work across multiple teams
• Strong communication and documentation skills to turn technical ambiguity into clear frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with space systems, including ground segment tooling or onboard software
• Experience defining integration models for customer-owned or third-party software
• Familiarity with architecture trade studies and system-level interface management
• Experience with onboard data processing and cloud-based ground software
• Experience in international and cross-site engineering collaboration

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Flexible Time Off policy and 12 paid holidays
• 401(k) plan and equity options
• Daily catered lunches and snacks in the office
• Fully paid parental leave (14 weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for non-birthing parents)
• Comprehensive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Relocation assistance where applicable

About the Company

Loft Orbital builds space infrastructure providing a fast and simple path to orbit. We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, and national security. With more than 30 missions flown, we are scaling our fleet and operations across San Francisco, Golden, and Toulouse.