FPGA Engineer

Cowboy Space Corporation; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. is building the digital backbone for a new orbital compute payload and high-speed space data links. We seek an experienced FPGA/RTL engineer to own flight-critical HDL for sensor interfaces, real-time data processing, and embedded Linux on ARM SoCs.

You will join a small, fast-moving team working toward near-term launch milestones, taking ownership from day one and delivering designs that fly in space and operate on the ground with robust reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience in FPGA/RTL design for flight-critical systems.
• Design HDL for high-speed sensor interfaces and data processing.
• Embedded Linux on ARM-based SoCs.

Skills

FPGA design

HDL (Verilog/VHDL)

Embedded Linux

ARM SoCs

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. is building the infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy. Our satellites operate in Low Earth Orbit to collect sunlight and enable a new class of capabilities—from powering on-orbit compute, to transmitting energy via infrared lasers (space-to-earth and space-to-space), powering on-orbit compute to delivering secure, high-bandwidth optical data. By rethinking how energy and data are generated and distributed in space, we’re unlocking entirely new ways to operate both in orbit and on Earth.
Founded in 2024 by Baiju Bhatt (co-founder of Robinhood), Cowboy Space Corp. is backed by leading investors and built by a team from top aerospace and defense organizations. We’re moving quickly to solve complex technical challenges and build a new category of space infrastructure.
About The RoleWe\’re looking for an experienced FPGA/RTL engineer to help build the digital backbone of our compute payload — the hard-real-time logic that connects high-speed image sensors to embedded compute. You\'ll design and own HDL for flight critical sensor interface, high speed data processing for in-orbit and ground communications, and embedded Linux running on ARM SoC\'s. This is active development on a live flight program with near-term launch milestones: you\'ll join a small team, take full ownership of workstreams from day one, and see your designs fly.