Senior Electrical Engineer
Loft Orbital is redefining how satellites get built and deployed, and our electrical engineering team is at the heart of that mission. We're looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer who lives and breathes hardware design, someone who wants to sit down and knock out a board, dig into bus protocols, and help shape the next generation of space vehicle subsystems. If you want your fingerprints on real flight hardware - not just theory - this is your seat at the table.
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll be a core hardware design resource on a team that's ramping up multiple new board design efforts. You'll:
- Own detailed board design work, including new digital and analog designs supporting upcoming missions (including active work on new power supply designs, such as for the TASA mission).
- Be a technical face for electrical requirements, working cross-functionally with mechanical, systems, and program teams to deliver hardware that meets mission needs.
- Work across different bus protocols and get familiar with the electrical architecture of multiple space vehicle subsystems.
- Flex into electrical systems support when needed - helping with harness schematics, ICDs, or system-level electrical questions alongside your board design work.
- Collaborate closely with our existing hardware and electrical systems engineers to help cover a growing pipeline of new board designs kicked off across the team. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who wants to do hardware design full-time, but is also comfortable wearing an electrical systems hat when the mission calls for it.
- Strong, demonstrated experience in board design - you're comfortable owning a design from concept through delivery.
- Familiarity with different bus protocols used in space or embedded hardware systems.
- Working knowledge of space vehicle subsystems and how electrical hardware integrates into them.
- Comfortable acting as a technical point of contact for electrical requirements across teams.
- Ability and willingness to flex into electrical systems tasks (harness schematics, ICD review) as needed.
- Senior-level experience in electrical engineering, ideally with some FPGA exposure.
- Software/scripting capability - comfortable running scripts, debugging code, or managing an outside supplier delivering hardware with embedded software.
- Familiarity with CD&H (command and data handling) systems.
- Experience managing external suppliers or vendors delivering hardware/software components.
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
- Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
- Relocation assistance when applicable
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- Strong, demonstrated experience in board design - you're comfortable owning a design from concept through delivery.
- Familiarity with different bus protocols used in space or embedded hardware systems.
- Working knowledge of space vehicle subsystems and how electrical hardware integrates into them.
- Comfortable acting as a technical point of contact for electrical requirements across teams.
- Ability and willingness to flex into electrical systems tasks (harness schematics, ICD review) as needed.
- Senior-level experience in electrical engineering, ideally with some FPGA exposure.
Who We Are
Loft: Space Made Simple.
Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.
We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.
- How much does the Senior Electrical Engineer at Loft Orbital pay?
- The posting lists a range of $150K–$200K per year. Ranges reflect what Loft Orbital publicly declared on the source posting.
- Where is this Senior Electrical Engineer role based?
- The role is based in Golden, CO.
- What experience does Loft Orbital expect for this role?
- The posting is tagged as a senior-level role, typically 5+ years of experience. Check the requirements section for specifics.
- Where is Loft Orbital headquartered?
- Loft Orbital is headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
- How was this posting sourced?
- This role was pulled directly from Loft Orbital's Lever careers site. Apply links open in the employer's own ATS — no reposts or aggregator middleware.
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