Space Avionics & Compute Reliability Engineer

Cowboy Space Corporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; 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 year

Parental leave

Relocation assistance

Lunch in office

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. is building the infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy.

As a Software Engineer, Reliability, you will ensure the software powering our avionics and high‑performance compute systems operates flawlessly in orbit. You will own reliability from concept through flight, building automated validation frameworks and testing compute platforms under mission‑representative conditions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years in software engineering, reliability engineering, or systems validation.
• Strong Python and C++ skills.
• Experience with distributed or embedded compute environments.

Responsibilities

• Own software reliability for avionics and compute systems across the full lifecycle—from concept, design, radiation hardening, and integration to launch and on‑orbit operations
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test and validation frameworks for embedded and high-performance compute systems
• Develop software to validate performance, stability, and fault tolerance of CPUs, GPUs, and custom accelerators under mission-representative conditions
• Execute system‑level testing including hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL), environmental, and stress testing to identify failure modes
• Characterize system performance (latency, throughput, resource utilization) and drive optimization across hardware/software boundaries
• Investigate and resolve anomalies through deep root cause analysis, using data‑driven approaches to improve system reliability

Skills

Python

C++

Distributed systems

Automated testing

Embedded systems

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CUDA

Telemetry tooling

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. is building the infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy.

As a Software Engineer, Reliability, you will ensure the software powering our avionics and high‑performance compute systems operates flawlessly in orbit. You will own reliability from concept through flight, building automated validation frameworks and testing compute platforms under mission‑representative conditions.