Spacecraft Software Engineer Intern

Cowboy Space; San Carlos; On-site; ARS 135,820,000 - 153,930,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily lunch in the office

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. in San Carlos, CA, seeks an undergraduate or graduate student to design, develop, and test software across flight, embedded, and ground systems for orbital satellites.

You will build signal processing and on-orbit compute pipelines, contribute to mission operations tooling, and collaborate with hardware and systems teams to ensure end-to-end validation.

This paid internship offers weekly compensation and a path to impact the space enterprise.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a university degree in a STEM field with strong fundamentals.
• Proficiency in at least one systems language (C/C++/Python).
• Collaborative, proactive learner with ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test software for flight, embedded, and ground systems.
• Build signal processing and on-orbit compute pipelines (GPU/TPU).
• Develop tooling for mission operations and telemetry/command infra.
• Write, test, and debug code across the stack from embedded to ground systems.
• Collaborate with hardware and systems teams to validate end-to-end behavior.
• Create simulations and hardware-in-the-loop frameworks for verification.
• Contribute to code reviews and engineering best practices.

Skills

Data structures

Algorithms

Computer architecture

C/C++/Python

Education

Undergraduate or graduate student in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Automated testing

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. in San Carlos, CA, seeks an undergraduate or graduate student to design, develop, and test software across flight, embedded, and ground systems for orbital satellites.

You will build signal processing and on-orbit compute pipelines, contribute to mission operations tooling, and collaborate with hardware and systems teams to ensure end-to-end validation.

This paid internship offers weekly compensation and a path to impact the space enterprise.