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Loft Orbital jobs
Loft Orbital builds and operates satellites that carry other organizations' payloads, in its own words space infrastructure that lets any company, government or institution harness space. It hires in Golden, Colorado, Toulouse, San Francisco and Abu Dhabi.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 75 open jobs at Loft Orbital; their typical pay runs $132k to $231k a year, with a median of $170k.
Typical pay, live
Latest Loft Orbital openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:02 UTCTeam Lead - Cloud Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Golden, CO, United States · 1d agoDetails
$190,000–$255,000/yrTeam Lead - Cloud Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Toulouse, Occitanie · 1d agoDetails
Flight Dynamics Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · San Francisco, CA · 3d agoDetails
$175,000–$210,000/yrFlight Dynamics Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Golden, CO, United States · 3d agoDetails
$165,000–$205,000/yrFlight Dynamics Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Toulouse, Occitanie · 3d agoDetails
Embedded Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Golden, CO, United States · 4d agoDetails
$150,000–$190,000/yrOnboard Software Solutions Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Abu Dhabi · 4d agoDetails
Senior Software Engineer - Test Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Golden, CO, United States · 3d agoDetails
$140,000–$210,000/yrSatellite Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Abu Dhabi · 4d agoDetails
Industrial Engineer, Senior (opens the job details)
Technicians · Abu Dhabi · 4d agoDetails
Supplier Management Manager (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Abu Dhabi · 5d agoDetails
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Loft Orbital at a glance
Loft Orbital builds and operates satellites that carry other organizations' payloads, in its own words space infrastructure that lets any company, government or institution harness space. It hires in Golden, Colorado, Toulouse, San Francisco and Abu Dhabi.
75 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in Loft Orbital's name?
Loft Orbital's own sites: loftorbital.com.
What Loft Orbital pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $170k/yr over the 46 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $62.4k/yr up to $275k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 40 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 29 of the 75 open jobs here state no pay.
The top-paying Loft Orbital jobs open now
Every 75, highest pay firstDirector of Embedded Software & FPGA Engineering (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Golden, CO, United States · 1mo agoDetails
$195,000–$275,000/yrTeam Lead - Cloud Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Golden, CO, United States · 1d agoDetails
$190,000–$255,000/yrSenior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Golden, CO or San Francisco, Remote US · 1y+ agoDetails
$180,000–$240,000/yrSite Reliability Engineer (Network) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Francisco, CA +2 more · 3mo agoDetails
$157,000–$239,000/yrSenior Product Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · San Francisco, CA · 5mo agoDetails
$180,000–$230,000/yr
The middle half is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top, measured the same way for every list on the site. A posting's range is base salary only: stock, sign-on money and bonuses are extra where a company offers them. The methodology explains how each pay figure is measured and graded.
What Loft Orbital looks for
The usual bar in each discipline Loft Orbital is staffing right now. A posting can ask for more or less (a clearance, a degree, years on hardware), so check the role itself before applying.
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance.
A business, finance, law or engineering degree; program managers often hold a PMP or an engineering background.
A computer science, aerospace or electrical engineering degree; C/C++ for flight code, control theory for GNC.
An engineering degree; test technicians often come from the military or a technical program.
Often no degree: a trade school, apprenticeship or military background, plus certifications such as welding or IPC.
Often no degree for logistics and maintenance; buyers and planners usually have business or supply-chain training.
Loft Orbital's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
Loft Orbital pay by occupation, from its own postings: Software engineer pay.
For the wider picture, open the pay tables for every discipline or the space employers that pay the most.
Loft Orbital sites with openings
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Open jobs at Loft Orbital since Jan 2023
How many jobs Loft Orbital's own careers board listed, month by month, counted from the copies the Internet Archive kept of that board, and the same board on 6 Nov 2026. A month with no copy has no point, and each month links to the copy it was counted from.
Jobs on its own careers board
Jan 2023: 45 · low 25 (Feb 2024) · Jul 2026: 58 · today 77
Every month's count
- Jan 2023: 45
- Feb 2023: 45
- Mar 2023: 45
- Oct 2023: 41
- Nov 2023: 36
- Feb 2024: 25
- Apr 2024: 29
- May 2024: 29
- Jul 2024: 31
- Aug 2024: 29
- Oct 2024: 27
- Dec 2024: 41
- Jan 2025: 44
- Feb 2025: 41
- Mar 2025: 33
- Apr 2025: 34
- Jun 2025: 41
- Aug 2025: 50
- Sep 2025: 54
- Nov 2025: 59
- Dec 2025: 61
- Apr 2026: 71
- Jul 2026: 58
- 6 Nov 2026: 77 (the board today)
Questions about Loft Orbital
How do I apply to Loft Orbital?
Choose a role below and use its Apply button, which opens that posting on Loft Orbital's careers site; the application goes straight to Loft Orbital. Screening, interviews and any offer happen between you and the company, without us.
What does Loft Orbital pay?
Across the 46 open Loft Orbital jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $132k–$231k/yr and the median $170k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $62.4k/yr and the highest $275k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is Loft Orbital staffing?
Of its 75 openings, the largest groups are ground software & IT (19), programs & business (18) and flight software & GNC (15).
What does Loft Orbital ask for in ground software and IT jobs in space?
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance. The exact bar is in each Loft Orbital posting.
How fresh is this list of Loft Orbital roles?
We read Loft Orbital's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as Loft Orbital keeps it up, dated with our last check.
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