# Onboard Software Engineer - Peripheral Services

Wanna join the adventure? Loft’s Onboard Software group provides the on-orbit software that powers our satellite fleet - from the Linux services running on the Hub’s onboard computers, to the containerized workloads executing customer applications in low Earth orbit. The Peripheral Services team owns the software that integrates third-party devices and payloads into Loft’s standardized satellite platform. We enable the control and monitoring of many key spacecraft components, including optical payloads, radios, power controllers, and GNSSreceivers. Many of these components are reused across all satellite programs and form the building blocks of our onboard architecture. The applications developed by our team handle the low-level communication protocol details, exposing the connected devices behind standardized APIs used across mission operations. The team is also responsible for the automation and orchestration that allows Loft to safely and reliably operate the equipment at scale. In this role, you’ll help develop the software that connects diverse spacecraft hardware to the rest of the platform, and ultimately enables successful missions in orbit. About this role: Design, impleme

- **Id**: 1117338
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/loft-orbital-solutions-onboard-software-engineer-peripheral-services>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Toulouse, France
- **Countries**: FR
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-22T14:36:43Z
- **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**: 3777
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule, Life insurance, Relocation assistance
- **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 estimate

- **Min usd**: 43000
- **Max usd**: 70000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 94

## Technologies

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

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-22T16:58:02Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 79
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.877
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 49
- **Expected fill days**: 85
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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