Loft Orbital

Space infrastructure

SeniorProductSystemsEngineer

$160–210k Golden, Colorado, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Product Systems Engineer at Loft Orbital. Skills: Systems engineering, Architecture definition, Product systems. Define general architecture. Support capability allocation”

Industry & Context.

Space infrastructure
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Technical ambiguity

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Systems engineering background, Experience with architecture definition, Experience with requirements structuring, Experience with engineering implementation, Ability to structure complex systems, Understanding of software-heavy systems, Ability to coordinate cross-functional work, Communication skills, Documentation skills, Engineering judgment

Nice to Have

Experience with space systems, Experience defining integration models, Experience with architecture trade studies, Familiarity with CONOPS, Familiarity with ICDs, Experience with onboard data processing, Experience with cloud-based ground software, Experience in international collaboration, Experience in cross-site collaboration

What You'll Do.

Define general architecture

Support capability allocation

Ensure ground processing chain is defined

Evolve ground processing chain

Shape ground software tools

Shape ground software interfaces

Clarify interaction model

Organize requirements

Maintain requirements

Define architectural boundaries

Organize architectural boundaries

Maintain architectural boundaries

Coordinate architecture discussions

Contribute to architecture notes

Contribute to trade studies

Contribute to technical documentation

Ensure solutions are reusable

Ensure solutions are scalable

Ensure solutions are understandable

Support architecture reviews

Support technical decision-making

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineering teams; Product teams; Operations teams; Cross-functional teams; Across sites

Communication Scope

Technical documentation

Full Job Description

## Description Wanna join the adventure?   Loft Orbital builds a space infrastructure providing a fast & simple path to orbit. Using different flight proven buses, we design, integrate and operate spacecraft to fly physical or virtual customer payloads. We handle entire missions end to end, significantly reducing the lead-time and risk of a traditional space mission. As a Senior Product Systems Engineer at Loft, you will own the architecture of our overall offering — the layer that sits above any single implementation team and brings coherence across ground, space, software, and hardware. You will define how Loft's platform is structured, how capabilities are allocated across segments, and how customers, third-party software, and Loft's own stack interact. This is not a role about executing within a defined system. It is about shaping the system itself— making cross-cutting architecture decisions, defining interfaces and requirements at the offering level, and ensuring the ground processing chain and customer-facing tooling evolve in a way that is coherent, reusable, and product-relevant. You will work closely with engineering, product, and operations teams across sites, and your work will directly influence how Loft's offering is built, exposed, and scaled.     ## About this role Help define the general architecture of Loft’s offering across ground and space Support capability allocation across hardware, software, ground, flight, Loft-owned components, and external components Ensure the ground processing chain is defined and evolved as a coherent part of the offering Help shape ground software tools and interfaces as the main entry point for customers Clarify the interaction model between OBSW, ground software, customer software, third-party software, and Loft’s stack Help define, organize, and maintain requirements, interfaces, and architectural boundaries for offering-level topics Coordinate architecture discussions and drive alignment between product intent, sys

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