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# Onboard Software Engineer - Peripheral Services

- **Company:** Loft Orbital Solutions
- **Location:** Toulouse, France
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Unit Testing, C++ (Programming Language), CMake, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Linux, Distributed Systems, Linux on Embedded Systems, Middleware, Python (Programming Language), Network Protocols, Posix, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Multithreading, Git, Pytest, Containerization, Yocto, Gitlab-ci, Integration Tests, Build Tools, Grpc, Software Version Control, Docker, Jenkins, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1eeabc99cff5631f

## About the Role

* 3+ years' software engineering experience, using programming languages including C/C++ (C++11 or newer) and Python.
 * Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
 * Experience with continuous integration tools (GitLab-CI, Jenkins, or similar).
 * Knowledge of build systems (e.g., Make, CMake).
 * Understanding of distributed architecture.
 * Familiarity with networking protocols (e.g., UDP, TCP, IP) and POSIX standards.
 * Experience in developing multi-threaded applications.
 * Previous team leader or manager role, * Familiarity with additional programming languages, such as Go or Rust.
 * Experience with embedded Linux operation, including Yocto, device trees, systemd, and Linux on ARM platforms.
 * Proficiency with unit test frameworks (e.g., pytest, Googletest, Unity)
 * Experience with middleware framework (gRPC, ZMQ/NATS, etc.)
 * Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, K3S, systemd-nspawn)
 * Experience with space systems and concepts

## Description

* Design, implement, and refine software with a high degree of ownership, driving impactful features from concept through delivery while ensuring robustness and reliability.
 * Review code, provide clear feedback, and enforce adherence to established development processes, style guides, and design standards to maintain consistency and quality across the codebase.
 * Design and implement unit and integration tests for both self-authored and peer-authored code.
 * Utilize version control systems to create feature branches, push code, and merge approved code into production branches.
 * Contribute to the onboard software architecture through design proposals and collaborative review
 * Participate in the review and enhancement of software development processes and design standards.
 * Coordinate with downstream teams on the distribution and adoption of the latest releases.
 * In addition to responsibilities within onboard software, you'll have the opportunity to directly be involved in operating our on-orbit fleet of satellites.


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