Flight Dynamics Software Engineer

Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. leases space on satellites. The Company provides satellite platform and integration, standard hardware interfaces, launch booking, finance, and insurance solutions to reduce risk and the…

Location: San Francisco, CA
Company size: 50–500
Posted: 2d ago
Via: Lever

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Job listing · Posted 04 NOV 2026

Flight Dynamics Software Engineer

Loft Orbital· San Francisco, CAView company profile

Job title: Flight Dynamics Software Engineer
Job location: San Francisco, CA
Job listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/d2ec023c-42c4-4cf3-a891-9230d0811cc0
Job description: Wanna join the adventure?
Loft Orbital is looking for a Flight Dynamics Software Engineer to join the Ground Platform organization.

You'll work on a small and driven team, developing our flight dynamics software stack so that it can:

Scale to fly 50+ satellites in orbit in a highly automated, reliable, and safe (from a collision avoidance perspective) manner

Enable new conops and customer missions with demanding orbit determination, stationkeeping, and attitude performance requirements

We're looking for someone with a solid theoretical understanding of astrodynamics, operational flight-dynamics experience, and software-engineering foundations. If you enjoy solving hard problems and working in a fast-paced and supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you.

We’re hiring for one position across multiple locations - you only need to apply once.

About this role:
Implement and improve upon algorithms for orbit determination, orbit propagation, maneuver planning (stationkeeping/orbit transfer), conjunction assessment, collision avoidance, and attitude modeling, contributing to our open-source astrodynamics tooling that powers both flight operations and simulation work across the company

Develop and maintain the in-house flight dynamics ground software backend applications that compute, store, and serve our fleet’s ephemerides, maneuvers, conjunctions, target orbits, etc

Interface with systems and mission engineers to help translate technical mission requirements and customer demands into operational outcomes in orbit

Support satellite operations engineers by providing astrodynamics expertise during LEOP/anomalies/conjunction response and assisting with configuring our software stack for various customer missions
Must Haves:
Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline

Deep technical understanding of some of the following topics: orbital mechanics, state estimation, spacecraft maneuver planning, conjunction assessment, and spacecraft attitude modeling

Fundamentals of numerical methods: solvers, optimization, and simulation techniques

Experience with designing and developing software libraries and backend services, in Python

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Nice to Haves:

Master’s degree in physics or an engineering discipline

Proficiency in astrodynamics tools such as STK, Astrogator, GMAT, OreKit, Monte, Copernicus, OpenSpaceToolkit, or equivalent

Demonstrated practical experience in spacecraft constellation flight dynamics operations

Demonstrated practical experience building high-performance backend software applications and/or libraries

Capable of solving complex problems within a highly collaborative environment

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents

Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA

100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance

Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays

401(k) plan and equity options

Daily catered lunches and snacks

International exposure to our team in France

Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for primary caregiver and 10 weeks for secondary caregiver

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Off-sites and many social events and celebrations

Relocation assistance when applicable