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Onboard Software Engineer - Hyperdrive

Loft · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About the role

Loft’s Onboard Software group provides the on-orbit software that powers our core products. This is responsible for monitoring and control of major space program elements, including: Flight Products computational environments (including physical and virtual processors);

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years' software engineering experience, using programming languages including C/C++ (C++11 or newer) and Python
  • Experience with version control systems such as Git
  • Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g., GitLab-CI, Jenkins)
  • Experience with build systems (e.g., Make, CMake)
  • Experience with library management and ABI /API version control
  • Understanding of distributed architecture
More about this role

Wanna join the adventure?

Loft’s Onboard Software group provides the on-orbit software that powers our core products. This is responsible for monitoring and control of major space program elements, including:

Flight Products computational environments (including physical and virtual processors);

Interfaces with external equipment (imagers, RF , ISL); and

Interfaces with the spacecraft bus.

Hyperdrive is the common platform powering every onboard service across our spacecraft.

The team builds the core capabilities other onboard services need to run mission logic—from interactions and housekeeping to events, automated fault detection and recovery, and lifecycle management.

By making complex spacecraft software consistent, observable, and resilient, Hyperdrive helps teams move faster while keeping missions safe in orbit.

  • Design, implement, and refine software with a high degree of ownership, driving impactful features from concept through delivery while ensuring robustness and reliability.
  • Review code, provide clear feedback, and enforce adherence to established development processes, style guides, and design standards to maintain consistency and quality across the codebase.

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