Senior Electrical Engineer

Job description

**Wanna join the adventure?** 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. ### About this role: 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. ### Must Haves: - 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. ### Nice to Haves: - 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. ### 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 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