Navigation Sensor Lead for Spacecraft

Cowboy Space Corp.; San Carlos (CA); On-site; CAD 240,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

10 paid holidays per calendar year

Paid parental leave

Relocation assistance if applicable

Daily lunch in the office

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. is seeking a navigation sensor hardware lead to own the sensor suite used across our launch vehicles and spacecraft.

You will select, characterize, calibrate, qualify, and integrate inertial sensors and GNSS hardware, identifying opportunities to share components where feasible. This hands-on technical leadership role delivers reliable sensor hardware and well-characterized performance to the vehicle and navigation teams, coordinating with suppliers from initial selection

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in navigation sensor hardware or avionics integration with hardware performance responsibility.
• Understanding of IMU error sources and calibration methods.
• Experience integrating accelerometers/gyroscopes/IMUs into high-reliability systems.
• Hands-on experience developing test setups and analyzing sensor data.
• Ability to document decisions and coordinate with suppliers and teams.
• Experience with ADCs, DACs and data acquisition systems.
• Experience with proximity, pressure, temperature, strain gauges, and encoders.

Responsibilities

• Define navigation sensor hardware requirements with engineers and select sensor suites.
• Evaluate accelerometers, gyroscopes, IMUs and GNSS receivers against performance and environmental criteria.
• Identify shared components and interfaces across vehicles and spacecraft.
• Own integration of sensor suite with avionics and coordinate RF/interference requirements.
• Develop calibration methods, quantify error sources, and provide data to navigation software.
• Plan and lead acceptance/qualification testing including thermal/EMI/ radiation as applicable.
• Lead sensor hardware failure analysis and implement improvements with suppliers.
• Establish repeatable calibration/acceptance processes with manufacturing and test teams.

Skills

IMU error sources

sensor data analysis

hardware integration

electrical interfaces

design for manufacturing

data acquisition systems

ADC and DAC

proximity/pressure/temperature/strain

encoder selection

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or aerospace engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

ADCs & DACs

Data Acquisition

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. is seeking a navigation sensor hardware lead to own the sensor suite used across our launch vehicles and spacecraft.

You will select, characterize, calibrate, qualify, and integrate inertial sensors and GNSS hardware, identifying opportunities to share components where feasible. This hands-on technical leadership role delivers reliable sensor hardware and well-characterized performance to the vehicle and navigation teams, coordinating with suppliers from initial selection