Onboard Software Solutions Engineer

Loftorbital

Abu Dhabi permanent

Posted: March 13, 2026

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Job Description

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The Onboard Software Solutions Team is responsible for creating, configuring, and deploying all onboard software components dedicated to a program or mission. We configure and extend agnostic onboard software to fit a given satellite architecture and requirements, and are responsible for the development, end-to-end testing, and release of that onboard software.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, helping build modern automated infrastructure, bringing software and space together. As well as developing our future systems, the role will also be working on real-time issues on live missions, helping to solve problems as they occur.

About this Role::
• Streamline the creation, integration, validation, and release of onboard software by improving test coverage, automating testing, and minimizing time from feature development to availability on-orbit.

• Configure standard onboard software components for customers' payloads and support the deployment and troubleshooting internally and externally

• Own and evolve the tools for onboard software creation, versioning, testing, and release management while providing transparent, up-to-date status tracking for all stakeholders across programs and missions.

• Collaborate closely with the broader Engineering and Satellite Operations teams to ensure the rapid, reliable, and thoroughly tested deployment of onboard software for customers.

Must Haves: :
• Experience in Python and C++

• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (gitlab-ci, teamcity, travis-ci)

• Automated testing frameworks

• Experience in data serialization/deserialization (yaml, json, cue)

• Previous experience as Flight Software Engineer or Software Integration Engineer or Software Test Engineer or Software Engineer with a focus on Automated Testing

• Ability to troubleshoot and effectively communicate issues and solutions

Nice to Haves: :
• Experience in Embedded Linux Operation

• Experience in build systems (make, cmake)

• Experience in Networking (UDP, TCP, IP)

• Experience in Software Integration - Making all the pieces work together

• Experience in or close to Satellite Operations

Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.

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