# Space Datacenter Architect 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: Mid level
- Location: San Carlos, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $240K to $340K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cowboyspace/8188b537-713f-4031-bf53-89cb9ac5a7c8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cowboy-space-space-datacenter-architect/

## About the role

As the Space Datacenter Architect, you will own the end-to-end technical architecture that turns accelerator-class compute into flight-ready, commercially useful infrastructure. This is not a traditional spacecraft payload or a ground datacenter moved into orbit. You will reconcile useful compute throughput with power generation, heat rejection, radiation, mass, launch loads, limited serviceability, and autonomous recovery.

## What they're looking for

- • 10+ years architecting complex compute or other integrated hardware/software systems
- • Experience taking a multidisciplinary system from requirements through integration and validation
- • Experience with GPU, AI, HPC, or other accelerator-based systems at server, rack, or cluster scale
- • Strong technical judgment across compute hardware, networking, storage, power, cooling, firmware, and infrastructure software
- • Demonstrated ability to make high-consequence decisions using quantitative trades and test evidence
- • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tags: Chief Engineering & Reliability