Senior Product Systems Engineer

The role

You will define the overall architecture of Loft's space offering across ground and space. You will shape how capabilities, interfaces and requirements are allocated across hardware, software, ground and flight.

What you will do

• Help define the general architecture of Loft's offering across ground and space
• Support capability allocation across hardware, software, ground, flight, Loft-owned and external components
• Ensure the ground processing chain is defined and evolved as a coherent part of the offering
• Help shape ground software tools and interfaces as the main entry point for customers
• Clarify the interaction model between OBSW, ground software, customer software, third-party software and Loft's stack
• Help define, organize and maintain requirements, interfaces and architectural boundaries
• Coordinate architecture discussions and align product intent, system architecture and implementation across teams
• Contribute to CONOPS, ICDs, architecture notes, trade studies and technical documentation
• Help ensure solutions are reusable, scalable and understandable rather than tailored to one mission
• Support architecture reviews and technical decision-making on cross-cutting topics

Required qualifications

• Strong systems engineering background in complex technical products spanning software and hardware
• Experience working at the boundary between architecture definition, requirements structuring and engineering implementation
• Ability to structure complex systems into clear capabilities, interfaces, requirements and responsibilities
• Strong understanding of software-heavy systems, including distributed components, APIs, processing chains and integration patterns
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional technical work across several teams without relying on direct authority
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Sound engineering judgment on the right level of rigor, abstraction and specification for a growing organization
• Resume attached in English

Nice to have

• Experience with space systems, including ground segment tooling, onboard software or customer-facing technical platforms
• Experience defining integration models involving customer-owned or third-party software
• Experience with architecture trade studies, capability allocation and system-level interface management
• Familiarity with CONOPS, ICDs and other architecture or interface documentation methods
• 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 for you and your dependents
• 100% company-paid life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Fully paid parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Flexible time off and 12 paid holidays
• HSA with employer contribution, FSAs and commuter benefits
• Carrot Fertility, One Medical and a free Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) and equity
• Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
• Annual company off-site and regular social events
• International exposure to the team in France
• Relocation assistance when applicable

Before you apply

• Attach a copy of your resume in English

About the company

Loft provides governments, companies and research institutions with an end-to-end way to deploy missions in orbit. The company was founded in 2017 and has flown more than 30 missions.