# Flight Dynamics Software Engineer at Loft Orbital > Open job at Loft Orbital in Toulouse, France. Workplace: On-site. Source: France Dev Jobs, https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/loft-orbital-flight-dynamics-software-engineer-07mum64 Posted 4 November 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 5 November 2026. ## Facts - Company: [Loft Orbital](https://francedevjobs.com/companies/loft-orbital) - Location: Toulouse, France - Workplace: On-site - Employment type: Full-time - Apply from: Anywhere - French: Not required - Relocation support: Yes - Skills: Python - Not mentioned in the job post: salary, visa sponsorship ## Job description **Wanna join the adventure?** Loft Orbital is looking for a **Flight Dynamics Software Engineer** to join the Ground Platform organization. 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. #### About this role: - **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 #### Must Haves: - 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 #### Nice to Haves: - 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 #### Some of Our Awesome Benefits: - 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](https://loftorbital.slack.com/archives/C02G64537DF)) - 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 - Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable _*__Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes._ **Who We Are** Loft: Space Made Simple. Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit. We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives. With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure. _As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English._ ## How to apply Apply on the job page, https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/loft-orbital-flight-dynamics-software-engineer-07mum64: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page. ## More jobs from Loft Orbital - [Ground Software Engineer - Core](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/loft-orbital-ground-software-engineer-core-onz56f5): Loft Orbital, Toulouse, France. On-site. Posted 30 October 2026. - [Onboard Software Engineer - Peripheral Services](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/loft-orbital-onboard-software-engineer-peripheral-services-pelupsd): Loft Orbital, Toulouse, France. On-site. Posted 22 September 2026. - [Onboard Software Engineer - Hyperdrive](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/loft-orbital-onboard-software-engineer-hyperdrive-6rdn8gu): Loft Orbital, Toulouse, France. On-site. Posted 22 September 2026. - [Full Stack Engineer - AI Marketplace](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/loft-orbital-full-stack-developer-ai-marketplace-sixibk4): Loft Orbital, Toulouse, France. On-site. Posted 7 September 2026. - [Senior Software Engineer - Test Infrastructure](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/loft-orbital-senior-software-engineer-test-infrastructure-bcsquce): Loft Orbital, Toulouse, France. On-site. Posted 18 August 2026.