Senior Earth Observation Engineer at Loft Orbital

Company: Loft Orbital
Location: San Francisco, CA
Employment type: Full-time
Salary: USD 145,000 – 205,000
Posted: 2026-08-07

About the role

Wanna join the adventure? Are you passionate about optical payloads, image quality, and turning pixels into products customers can actually use? If so, this is the perfect role for you! Loft flies multiple satellites per year and is building the next generation of Earth observation capability - from payload design through calibration, processing, and delivery - across a growing fleet of spacecraft. We're looking for a Senior Earth Observation Engineer to serve as the technical authority for optical payloads, image quality, and Earth observation mission performance across Loft. This role requires expertise in imagery calibration, optical payloads, and image processing pipelines.…

Apply on Loft Orbital's official careers page: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/a4646921-e189-4aa5-8084-6bac709c5859