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# Flight Dynamics Software Engineer

- **Company:** Loft Orbital Solutions
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $210,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Systems Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, State Estimation, Software Engineering, Orbital Mechanics, Backend
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/flight-dynamics-software-engineer-san-francisco-ca--c9309342-5b97-42fd-9a0d-6fcf758be442

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Software Engineering, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Problem Solving Skills, Open Source, Simulation, Algorithms, Machine Tool, Vehicle Fleets, Systems Engineering, * Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline

 * Deep technical understanding of some of the following topics: orbital mechanics, state estimation, spacecraft maneuver planning, conjunction assessment, and spacecraft attitude modeling
 * Fundamentals of numerical methods: solvers, optimization, and simulation techniques
 * Experience with designing and developing software libraries and backend services, preferably in Python.
 * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, * Master's degree in physics or an engineering discipline
 * Proficiency in astrodynamics tools such as STK, Astrogator, GMAT, OreKit, Monte, Copernicus, OpenSpaceToolkit, or equivalent.
 * Demonstrated practical experience in spacecraft constellation flight dynamics operations
 * Demonstrated practical experience building high-performance backend software applications and/or libraries
 * Capable of solving complex problems within a highly collaborative environment

## Description

You'll work on a small and driven team, developing our flight dynamics software stack so that it can:

 * Scale to fly 50+ satellites in orbit in a highly automated, reliable, and safe (from a collision avoidance perspective) manner
 * Enable new conops and customer missions with demanding orbit determination, stationkeeping, and attitude performance requirements

We're looking for someone with a solid theoretical understanding of astrodynamics, operational flight-dynamics experience, and software-engineering foundations. If you enjoy solving hard problems and working in a fast-paced and supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you., * Implement and improve upon algorithms for orbit determination, orbit propagation, maneuver planning (stationkeeping/orbit transfer), conjunction assessment, collision avoidance, and attitude modeling, contributing to our open-source astrodynamics tooling that powers both flight operations and simulation work across the company

 * Develop and maintain the in-house flight dynamics ground software backend applications that compute, store, and serve our fleet's ephemerides, maneuvers, conjunctions, target orbits, etc
 * Interface with systems and mission engineers to help translate technical mission requirements and customer demands into operational outcomes in orbit
 * Support satellite operations engineers by providing astrodynamics expertise during LEOP/anomalies/conjunction response and assisting with configuring our software stack for various customer missions