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About the role
We're looking for a Senior Facilities & Infrastructure Engineer to develop, commission, and improve the infrastructure supporting Cowboy Space's approximately 290,000-square-foot manufacturing site in Kent, Washington. You'll translate manufacturing and equipment needs into facility requirements, lead technical projects through construction and commissioning, and solve utility and building-system problems as the site moves into production. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, facilities engineering, construction management, or a closely related technical discipline
- 10+ years of experience in facilities or plant engineering, industrial infrastructure, or capital-project delivery, including at least 5 years supporting a manufacturing or heavy-industrial site
- Demonstrated delivery of a major industrial buildout, expansion, or infrastructure program through design, construction, equipment installation, commissioning, and operational handover, with experience supporting an operating facility
- Strong engineering fundamentals and practical knowledge of industrial utilities, including electrical distribution, HVAC/process cooling, compressed air and gases, piping, and system controls, with technical depth in one or more disciplines
- Experience diagnosing and resolving complex facility, equipment-support, or utility failures in an operating environment and making sound technical decisions under schedule pressure
- Experience coordinating civil or structural work for heavy-equipment foundations or industrial facility modifications, including applicable permitting, inspections, and consultant interfaces
More about this role
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.
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, ISAM (In-Space...
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