# Intern, Software Engineering, 2027 at Cowboy Space

- Company: Cowboy Space
- What the company does: Backed by a16z, Index and NEA.
- Company website: https://www.cowboyspace.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Internship
- Location: San Carlos, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cowboyspace/56d1d7e4-fa7e-4c25-aa8b-6828447fc64a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cowboy-space-intern-software-engineering-2027/

## About the role

Design, development, and testing of software across flight, embedded, and ground systems, including avionics, guidance/navigation/control, and satellite bus/payload software Build and maintain software for signal processing, RF/optical communication pipelines, and on-orbit compute infrastructure (GPU/TPU clusters)

## What they're looking for

- Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field
- Strong fundamentals in software engineering: data structures, algorithms, and computer architecture
- Proficiency in at least one systems or general-purpose programming language (C, C++, Python, or similar)
- Collaborative, self-directed work style, comfort with ambiguity and learning quickly
- Experience with embedded or real-time systems programming (RTOS, bare-metal, or similar constrained environments)
- Exposure to signal processing, hardware description languages (VHDL/Verilog), or FPGA-based development

Tags: Software Engineering