# Onboard Software Engineer - Core Services

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. The Core Services team is responsible for high-level vehicle services and functions, including file transfer, time synchronization, automation, scheduling, attitude control, and navigation. Many of these services are reused across all satellite programs and form the foundation of our onboard architecture. About this role: 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. Design and implement unit tests for both self-authored and peer-authored code. Utilize version control systems to crea

- **Id**: 1114659
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/loft-orbital-solutions-onboard-software-engineer-core-services>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-22T14:17:06Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-22
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T08:01:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 49
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3468
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible time off, Parental leave, Relocation assistance, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Satellite Manufacturing, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 4539
- **Name**: Loft Orbital
- **Domain**: loftorbital.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/loft-orbital-solutions>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 8
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.375
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 85
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 140000
- **Max**: 205000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 205000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CMake** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **gRPC** — Optional: yes
- **K3s** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Linux** — Optional: yes
- **NATS** — Optional: yes
- **Pytest** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 49

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-22T14:34:05Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 5; Filings 12m: 5

## Liveness

- **Score**: 61
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.849
- **P room**: 0.72
- **Age days**: 49
- **Expected fill days**: 85
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:mid, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 205000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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