Backed by a16z, Index and NEA.
About the role
Own the design, build, and performance of the vehicle’s primary structures. This includes airframe, tanks, thrust structure, interstages, raceways, strakes and thermal protection. Responsible for ensuring the vehicle survives flight, landing, and rapid reuse with minimal mass and maximum reliability. Own the primary airframe: propellant tanks, interstages, and thrust structure from concept through flight.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or related engineering field
- 8+ years of experience in structural design, analysis, or mechanisms for flight hardware or high-performance systems
- Experience with load paths, structural sizing, and material selection
- Hands-on experience taking hardware from design through build and test
- Experience leading engineers or a team
- Experience with launch vehicles or reusable flight systems
More about this role
Mission
Cowboy Space Corporation is solving the global energy crisis by building the infrastructure for abundant, resilient space-based solar energy. We are tackling one of humanity’s most complex engineering challenges with a world-class team dedicated to delivering a revolutionary power platform. Cowboy Space Corporation is transforming how civilization powers, computes and connects - from orbit to Earth.
Background
Cowboy Space Corporation is building the infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy. Our modular, scalable satellites collect sunlight in Low Earth Orbit to enable multiple integrated applications: transmitting energy via infrared lasers (space-to-earth and space-to-space), powering on-orbit high-performance computing clusters (GPU/TPU), and providing secure, high bandwidth optical data transport.
Current energy and data systems rely on complex logistics and outdated infrastructure. Cowboy Space Corporation overcomes these challenges by enabling direct, on-demand, secure, and scalable energy distribution and data processing from space. This will revolutionize how we operate in orbit and on Earth, supporting the rapidly expanding space industrial base,...
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