--- title: 'Recruiter at Loft Orbital Solutions' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/recruiter-loft-orbital-solutions-abu-dhabi-j99jtzc3dfh0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-10' --- # Recruiter at Loft Orbital Solutions - **Company:** Loft Orbital Solutions - **Location:** Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-11-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/bd340540-62b7-412d-9b35-8ec72f626187 ## Job description ## About the Role Orbitworks is looking for a Recruiter / Talent Sourcer to help build the teams behind our satellite engineering, manufacturing and business operations. You will identify and engage specialist talent across the space and aerospace industry, partnering with hiring managers to understand their needs and build strong candidate pipelines. This role combines hands-on technical sourcing, candidate screening and recruitment coordination, with a primary focus on our Operations organisation and support for business functions as needed. ## What You’ll Do - Source and engage candidates for engineering, manufacturing, assembly, integration and test (AIT), avionics, guidance, navigation and control (GNC), RF, program management and business operations roles. - Build talent pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, aerospace networks, engineering communities and other relevant sourcing channels. - Partner with engineering leads, program managers and People Operations to clarify role requirements, calibrate candidate profiles and prioritise hiring needs. - Conduct initial candidate screens to assess relevant experience, motivation and alignment with role requirements and company values. - Map talent markets and share insights on candidate availability, sourcing challenges and opportunities. - Maintain accurate candidate records, pipeline stages and screening notes in Lever. - Coordinate interviews, follow up on feedback and keep candidates informed throughout the recruitment process. - Support interview logistics and candidate travel arrangements when required. - Help improve sourcing approaches, intake meetings and hiring debriefs to support efficient recruitment. ## What You’ll Bring - Experience recruiting within the space or aerospace industry, including direct sourcing for specialist technical roles. - A track record of identifying and engaging candidates for hard-to-fill engineering and manufacturing positions. - Familiarity with technical disciplines such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, AIT, avionics, GNC and RF. - Strong communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to work effectively with candidates and technical hiring managers. - Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and the discipline to maintain accurate recruitment data. - Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools to build targeted talent pipelines. - Strong organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple searches. - The ability to work independently in a remote environment, take ownership and communicate progress clearly. ## Nice to Have - Experience recruiting in a startup or rapidly growing organisation. - International aerospace talent sourcing experience. - Experience hiring for program management, project management or business operations roles. - Experience developing sourcing playbooks and improving recruitment processes. - Familiarity with Lever, Slack and Google Workspace. What Success Looks Like Within your first three months, you will understand Orbitworks’ hiring priorities, take ownership of sourcing for assigned engineering and business operations roles, and establish reliable candidate pipelines. You will deliver a consistent flow of qualified candidates, support shorter hiring timelines, and independently manage intake and debrief discussions. 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. ## About Loft Orbital Solutions ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Loft Orbital is a space infrastructure company that provides simple, fast, and reliable ways for customers to deploy and operate physical payloads and software missions in low Earth orbit. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C – $170M round announced, total funding $326.9M) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (with additional offices in Golden, Colorado and Toulouse, France) - **Founded**: 2017 - **Founders**: Not listed in provided sources ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing - **Target Customers**: B2B – commercial space startups, established aerospace and defense primes, cloud and AI companies, and government agencies worldwide (including U..S, France, Canada) - **Mission/Purpose**: “Space Made Simple” – enabling customers to focus on their mission while Loft handles end-to-end space infrastructure ## Products & Services - **Physical Payload Missions**: Loft integrates, tests, launches, and operates customer hardware payloads on its standardized satellite platforms (e.g.., optical, hyperspectral, RF sensors). - **Virtual / Software-Only Missions**: Customers can deploy software directly to Loft’s on-orbit satellites to process and analyze data in near-real time (e..g., AI edge processing via partners like SkyServe, SSCI). - **YAM (Yet Another Mission)** satellites: A fleet of multi-mission satellite buses available for rapid deployment; Loft maintains an inventory of pre-assembled platforms. - **Hub & Cockpit**: Proprietary hardware and software abstraction layers that simplify payload integration and satellite operations. - **Loft Federal**: A FOCI-mitigated division focused on US national security space missions (only US citizens). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (total funding $326..9M – LinkedIn) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding $326..9M (8 rounds incl. $170M Series C); Annual Revenue estimated $27..8M (LinkedIn) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lead seed investor Uncork Capital; partners include Honeywell (Canadian Space Agency mission), Wyvern (Dragonette constellation), Esper, Helsing, SmartSat CRC, EarthDaily ($150M constellation), SkyServe, SSCI, Airbus OneWeb Satellites (15 bus order). - **Growth Signals**: 270 employees (+14.9% YoY), 41k+ LinkedIn followers (+41.4% YoY), 14 satellites launched, 60+ customers, 15+ AI missions on-orbit, selected as prime contractor for France’s first space-based radar imaging program. ## Competitive Advantages - **Standardized Satellite Platform**: Uses a commodity satellite bus with custom hardware/software layers, eliminating non-recurring engineering and enabling “turnkey” plug-and-play. - **Speed to Orbit**: Maintains an inventory of pre-assembled buses and pre-booked launches, drastically reducing lead times compared to traditional aerospace. - **Flight Heritage**: Over 600 copies of the bus in orbit today, providing proven reliability - **Misson Agnosticism**: Can fly any payload that fits within standard platform constraints; supports both physical and virtual missions. ## Strategic Focus - **Expand AI Edge Computing**: Deploying onboard AI processing (e..g., STORM from SkyServe, POET experiment for SDA) to enable near-real-time decision making. - **National Security Growth**: Loft Federal continues to win US government contracts. - **Constellation Scale-Up**: Partnering with EarthDaily for $150M satellite constellation; ordering 15 additional buses from Airbus OneWeb. - **International Partnerships**: Strengthening ties with France (prime contractor for radar imaging) and Canada (SmartSat CRC, Honeywell). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Collaborative, respectful, professional environment described as “non-negotiable.” Rated 4..5/5 on LinkedIn (35 reviews) with Culture 4.5, Compensation 4.1, Work-Life 3.6, Career 4.2. - **Wor Environment**: Distributed team with core hubs in San Francisco, Golden (CO), and Toulouse. Supports remote collaboration but roles may require on-site presence (per job listings). Recruiting process involves intro call, technical screening, challenge, and hiring panel. - **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge space infrastructure with a fast-growing company; involvement in both commercial and government missions; international team. ## Sources 1. [loftorbital..com](https://loftorbital.com/) 2. [loftorbital.com/about/](https://loftorbital.com/about/) 3. [loftorbital.com/careers/](https://loftorbital.com/careers/) 4. [jobs.lever.co/loftorbital](https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/) 5. 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