About Cowboy Space Corp.

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Current energy and data systems rely on complex logistics and outdated infrastructure.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, ISAM (In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing) operations, remote regions, and military bases.

Baiju Bhatt founded Cowboy Space Corporation in 2024. Inspired by his father's work with NASA Langley Research Center, Baiju earned his B.S. in Physics and M.S. in Mathematics at Stanford before co-founding Robinhood, now a public company that has helped over 20 million Americans access the financial system. Cowboy Space Corporation has raised ~$365 million from Index Ventures, Interlagos, Construct Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and others.

This is an ambitious mission that demands extraordinary talent. Cowboy Space Corporation's team has worked at places like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, Astranis and NASA, and is based in San Carlos, CA. If you're ready to solve complex technical challenges and help build the most important energy company in the world, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

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)

Develop tooling and services for mission operations, telemetry/command infrastructure, and satellite health monitoring

Write, test, and debug code across the stack — from low-level embedded/real-time systems to higher-level ground and data systems

Collaborate with hardware, electrical, and systems engineering teams to define interfaces, debug integration issues, and validate end-to-end system behavior

Build simulation, test, and hardware-in-the-loop frameworks to validate software against spacecraft requirements

Participate in code reviews, write technical documentation, and contribute to engineering best practices as the team and codebase scale

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

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

Familiarity with flight software frameworks (e.g., cFS, F Prime) or spacecraft software architectures

Experience with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks