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Loft Orbital
About Loft Orbital
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.
Typical pay, live
, SpaceIndustry.jobs lists 58 open Loft Orbital roles; their typical pay runs $135k to $229k a year, with a median of $165k.
Live Loft Orbital roles
Updated 29 Oct 2026, 13:01 UTCSenior Satellite Operations Engineer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Abu Dhabi· 1d agoDetails
Test Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Golden, CO, United States· 1d agoDetails
$68,000–$95000/yrTest Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Golden, CO, United States· 1d agoDetails
$110,000–$149500/yrManager, Financial Reporting and Accounting Operations (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Golden, CO, United States· 1w agoDetails
$140,000–$160000/yrSupplier Development Manager (SDM) (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Abu Dhabi· 1w agoDetails
Satellite Operations Engineer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Abu Dhabi· 2w agoDetails
Information Systems Data Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Golden, CO, United States· 2w agoDetails
$90,000–$130000/yrTechnical Recruiter – Hardware (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Francisco, CA· 2w agoDetails
$120,000–$150000/yrTechnical Recruiter – Software (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Francisco, CA· 2w agoDetails
$120,000–$150000/yrBackend Engineer - Mission Operations Services (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Toulouse, Occitanie· 2w agoDetails
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Is Loft Orbital legit?
Space infrastructure that lets any organization fly a mission. It pays $135k–$229k/yr typically (median $165k/yr).
Actively hiring, pay independently measured from its live feed58 open roles on Loft Orbital, independently checked 29 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Loft Orbital's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Golden, CO; Toulouse, France; San Francisco, CA; Abu Dhabi
What Loft Orbital pays
Measured from its open roles · as of 29 Oct 2026Median $165k/yr, from the 34 open roles that state a rate. Advertised rates run from $68k/yr to $275k/yr.
Measured from 33 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 24 of the 58 open roles here state no pay.
Highest-paying Loft Orbital roles open now
All 58 by payDirector of Embedded Software & FPGA Engineering (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Golden, CO, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$195,000–$275000/yrSenior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Golden, CO or San Francisco, Remote US· 1y+ agoDetails
$180,000–$240000/yr- $157,000–$239000/yr
Senior Product Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · San Francisco, CA· 4mo agoDetails
$180,000–$230000/yrOnboard Software Engineer - Hyperdrive (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Golden, CO, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$155,000–$225000/yr
Typical pay 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, the same measure the job board uses for any list of roles. See how we compile and grade every pay figure.
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Is Loft Orbital legit?
Space infrastructure that lets any organization fly a mission.
Does Loft Orbital pay?
Yes. Space infrastructure that lets any organization fly a mission.
How much does Loft Orbital pay?
$135k–$229k/yr is the typical pay on Loft Orbital's board today, with a median of $165k/yr, measured from the 34 open roles that state a rate. Its advertised rates run from $68k/yr to $275k/yr.
Is Loft Orbital worth it?
Loft Orbital pays $135k–$229k/yr typically (median $165k/yr).
Where can you work for Loft Orbital?
Golden, CO; Toulouse, France; San Francisco, CA; Abu Dhabi
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