# Senior Platform Firmware Engineer 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: Senior
- Location: San Carlos, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $170K to $235K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cowboyspace/a3c21717-7ba5-4636-af47-0aa049a8cff1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cowboy-space-senior-platform-firmware-engineer/

## About the role

This role sits at the boundary between hardware and software. You will work across platform firmware, FPGA logic, board bring-up, system management, and autonomous recovery systems to ensure reliable operation from first power-on through orbital deployment. Develop and maintain platform firmware and board management infrastructure for advanced compute systems.

## What they're looking for

- Hands-on experience in embedded systems, platform firmware, BMC development, or hardware bring-up engineering
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python
- Deep understanding of platform initialization and boot architectures
- Strong familiarity with hardware communication interfaces including I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, and JTAG
- Experience debugging hardware/software interactions at board and system level
- Familiarity with FPGA or CPLD development workflows using Xilinx or Altera platforms

Tags: Chief Engineering & Reliability