Software in the Loop Systems Engineer, Loft Orbital
Test Infrastructure
$90-140k
+ Equity options
Space infrastructure for companies, governments, and institutions
Open for applications
Space infrastructure for companies, governments, and institutions
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$90-140k
+ Equity options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make space simple for organizations that need Earth observation capabilities.
Role
Who you are
- Proficiency in containerization using Docker to create isolated, reproducible software environments
- Virtualization: Knowledge of other virtualization tools and technologies that could be used to simulate hardware
- Experience with hardware emulation technologies, such as QEMU
- Understanding of APIs and the ability to interact with different types of APIs
- Proficiency with Python and/or C/C++
- Scrappy and inventive: you will be working with cutting edge technologies and proprietary tools
- Linux power user
- Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware, software, and systems engineers, to understand and meet diverse testing needs
- Experience with integrating various subsystems into a cohesive test platform, ensuring compatibility and performance
Desirable
- Experience with one or more continuous integration tools
- Recent experience setting up CI/CD pipelines
- Aptitude for gathering requirements from multiple stakeholders and implementing test infrastructure improvements
- Hands-on experience involving embedded hardware, such Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, microcontrollers, or similar (can be personal or professional experience)
- Experience emulating existing hardware systems in a software-only environment
- Experience with DevOps systems and tools such as Ansible, Salt, Prometheus, Grafana, etc
- Technical experience in similar industries (aerospace, automotive, robotics, etc)
- Experience with deploying and managing testing environments in the cloud, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
What the job involves
- Loft Orbital is seeking a Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) Systems Engineer to join our Test Infrastructure team
- In this role, you will lead the development and maintenance of a scalable SIL platform that emulates spacecraft avionics, enabling rapid software development and testing
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, integrating technologies like QEMU and Docker to create a robust virtualized test environment used across our global teams
- Designing, developing, and deploying a Software-in-the-Loop platform that emulates spacecraft avionics, enabling comprehensive software testing without the need for physical hardware
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand and meet their testing needs, ensuring the platform is flexible and easy to use
- Integrating QEMU, Docker, and other virtualization technologies to create a scalable and widely deployable test environment
- Maintaining and supporting the SIL infrastructure, ensuring high availability and reliability for continuous integration and testing
Our take
The use of satellites was once confined to governmental services and communication giants, but recent innovations in satellite deployment have provided new opportunities for businesses to operate satellite fleets. Whilst this allows them to develop IoT products and provide rapid connectivity services to their customers, accessing the technology and resources needed to launch satellite buses is expensive, complex, and dependent on aerospace expertise.
Loft Orbital deploys space infrastructure as a service, providing businesses with rapid, reliable, and simplified access to space technologies. The company focuses on shielding its customers from the complexities of aerospace missions, allowing them to provide satellite-driven products to their customers without requiring expensive consultants, infrastructure, and inventories.
Whilst the company will face significant competition with satellite deployment giants such as SpaceX, Loft Orbital stands out with its turnkey approach, ultimately increasing accessibility and reducing the complexities associated with satellite-driven services. This has positioned it as an approachable partner for clients including Arabsat, which represents satellite monitoring for the entirety of the Arab League, and more recently, Esper Satellites which will be flying their four flagship payloads on Loft's buses.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
24% female employees
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$140m
SERIES B
Mar 2021
$0.8m
GRANT
Total funding: $157m
Company values
- Wear the customer's shoes: We feel the weight of the trust that our customers place in us and commit to always doing right by them, with transparency and responsiveness
- Have each other's backs: We look out for each other and have a deeply collaborative work environment. Professionalism, respect and kindness for each other are non-negotiable
- A beginner's mind: We don't just accept the status quo - we seek truth and aim to bring the best of traditional and new space to Loft
- High standards: We take pride in what we ship, because we know there is little margin for error in space
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Pierre-Damien Vaujour
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Aerospace System Engineer for the NASA Ames Research Center's Commercial Partnerships and Mission Design Center. Head of Data Product and Business Development for Spire Global, Inc. from 2013 to 2016.
Alex Greenberg
(Co-Founder & COO)Experience as Engagement Manager for Avascent from 2010 to 2014. Worked in Business Development for Spire from 2014 to 2016.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Loft Orbital
- At Loft, you’ll be given the autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges, but with a close-knit and supportive team at your back. We believe that diversity and community are the foundation of an open culture. We are committed to hiring the best people regardless of background and make their time at Loft the most fulfilling period of their career.
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