Loft Orbital
Flight Dynamics Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Mid
- Discipline
- Software
- Industry
- Aerospace
Spec sheet
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Software
Flight Dynamics Software Engineer at Loft Orbital in San Francisco develops the flight dynamics software stack for satellite operations. The role requires astrodynamics knowledge and operational flight-dynamics experience with strong software foundations.
Required
- flight dynamics
- astrodynamics
- orbit determination
- stationkeeping
- attitude performance
- software engineering fundamentals
- automation
- scalability
Preferred
- operational flight-dynamics experience
- experience with satellite constellations
- C/C++/Python
- risk/collision avoidance
- spacecraft software stack
Employer 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.
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