Customer Delivery Engineers (CDEs) own the end-to-end deployment and execution of customer satellite missions at Loft.
Requirements
3+ years of experience in an operational engineering environment, such as satellite operations, forward deployed engineering, production infrastructure, backend or platform engineering for live products, or other mission-critical systems
Experience owning or significantly contributing to production systems operating in real-world, mission-critical environments
Experience diagnosing and resolving issues in complex, multi-layered systems by tracing failures across interfaces and dependencies
Strong Python scripting skills and comfort building automation for operational systems
Experience working across software systems, APIs, and infrastructure such as Docker or similar DevOps environments
Ability to operate effectively in dynamic, high-pressure environments where requirements evolve and real-time decisions matter
Strong communication skills and experience working directly with customers or cross-functional stakeholders
Experience with satellite operations, spacecraft commissioning, or AIT
Experience with spacecraft subsystems such as guidance and control, power systems, or communications systems
Experience integrating external systems into larger operational architectures
Experience with configuration languages such as CUE
Experience operating within a full product lifecycle, translating real-world usage and feedback into system or tooling improvements
Experience working with international or cross-cultural teams
Benefits & Perks
Equity, we want you to have an active role in our success
Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours, we want you to be at your best
Health and life insurance, we care about your health
Lunch Vouchers, because let’s be honest, we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it #loft-gourmand )
Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse to learn from our differences
Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together