Senior Product Systems Engineer
$180,000- $230,000 per year
ApplySenior Product Systems Engineer
Posted 17 days ago
SENIORITY
Lead
SALARY
$180,000- $230,000 per year
About the 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, system architecture, and implementation realities across teams
- Contribute to CONOPS, ICDs, architecture notes, trade studies, and related technical documentation
- Help ensure solutions are reusable, scalable, and understandable rather than tailored only to one mission
- Support architecture reviews and technical decision-making on cross-cutting topics
- Strong systems engineering background in complex technical products spanning software and hardware
- Experience working at the boundary between architecture definition, requirements structuring, and engineering implementation
- Ability to structure complex systems into clear capabilities, interfaces, requirements, and responsibilities
- Strong understanding of software-heavy systems, including distributed components, APIs, processing chains, and integration patterns
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional technical work across several teams without relying on direct authority
- Strong communication and documentation skills, including the ability to turn technical ambiguity into a clear framework for decisions and execution
- Sound engineering judgment on the right level of rigor, abstraction, and specification for a growing organization
- Experience with space systems, including ground segment tooling, onboard software, or customer-facing technical platforms
- Experience defining integration models involving customer-owned or third-party softwareExperience with architecture trade studies, capability allocation, and system-level interface management
- Familiarity with CONOPS, ICDs, and other architecture or interface documentation methods
- Experience with onboard data processing and cloud-based ground softwareExperience in international and cross-site engineering collaboration
- Some of Our Awesome Benefits: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 HSA100% 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 FranceFully 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$180,000 - $230,000 a year
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