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Satellite Systems Engineer

LoftorbitalToulouse, Occitanie, FranceFull-timeSalary not listed · Typical pay in FrancePosted Nov 9, 2026

Loftorbital has an opening for a Satellite Systems Engineer in Toulouse, Occitanie, France. The listing describes it as a full-time position.

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Loftorbital has an opening for a Satellite Systems Engineer in Toulouse, Occitanie, France. The listing describes it as a full-time position.

From the advert, the main requirements are 5+ years of experience.

The advert names Python as a skill for this role.

The employer does not state a salary in this listing; DGJ Insight below shows an official pay benchmark for the place where one exists.

Benefits mentioned in the advert: paid time off, relocation support and flexible hours.

Visa sponsorship is not mentioned. Applicants from outside France should check the official work permit route before applying.

Dev Global Jobs found this job on Arbeitnow on Nov 9, 2026.

Employer: Loftorbital
Location: Toulouse, Occitanie, France
Job type: Full-time
Pay: Not stated by the employer
Experience asked: 5+ years
Found: Nov 9, 2026 on Arbeitnow
Employer text: 691 words, about 3 min to read

Skills named in the advert

Python

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Pay benchmark

Average wage, France

EUR 44,304 average / year

Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025

Work permit route

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Job description

About the role

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01Wanna 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 spacecrafts, to fly physical or virtual customers payloads. We handle entire missions from end to end, significantly reducing the lead-time and risk of a traditional space mission.

As a Satellite Systems Engineer at Loft, you will work on one or several satellite missions simultaneously, each one flying a single/multi-payload configuration. You will be a technical reference for these missions, working closely with program manager and all the Loft teams: products development teams, flight and ground software, AIT and operations.

Using flight proven satellite buses and Loft designed payload hub infrastructure, you will lead the development activities of the missions you are in charge of.

About this Role:

Serve as satellite systems engineer for one or more customer missions, representing Loft in technical discussions and reviews to accommodate and fly a variety of payloads

Act as the internal payload subject-matter expert, interfacing with hardware and software teams to ensure end-to-end integration.

Work with flight operations to develop the mission CONOPS, supporting the development of Service Level Agreements with Loft's customers

Assist with program management and product management, including interfacing with customers on programmatic and schedule matters

Review test plans and test results, and participate in the integration, test campaign, launch and in-orbit activities

Accommodate customer missions on Loft’s rideshare programs, contributing to satellite-level budgets and analyses, V&V planning, CONOPS definition, AIT, and on-orbit operations.

Must Haves:

A minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience as a spacecraft systems engineer, or equivalent experience in at least two different subsystems (ADCS, Mechanical, Thermal, Power, On-Board Electronics & Software, …)

You have strong communication and organizational skills

You challenge norms in aerospace engineering and testing activities and or experienced in fast-paced development environment

You have experience in small satellite assembly, integration and test campaigns, and/or in spacecraft delivery to orbit

You handle pressure positively and are always ready to put hands-on

Nice to Haves:

Experience with Python and Jupyter notebooks for analysis and simulation

Exposure to different space payload technologies (e.g., RF, optical, radar, hosted compute,…)

Exposure to in-orbit operations

International experience

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

Equity, we want you to have an active role in our success

Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours, we want you to be at your best

Health and life insurance, we care about your health

Lunch Vouchers, because let’s be honest, we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it #loft-gourmand)

Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse to learn from our differences

Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together

Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable

*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes. 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.

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