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# Senior Multi-Disciplinary Technician at Cowboy Space Corp.

- **Company:** Cowboy Space Corp.
- **Location:** Kent, WA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-11-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cowboyspace/dcf1b87e-2999-448e-8eb7-6a8cf9111d2a

## Job description

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 Current energy and data systems rely on complex logistics and outdated infrastructure.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.

## About the Role

We're looking for a Senior or Principal Multi-Disciplinary Technician to build, integrate, and test hardware anywhere in the factory as we build a rocket factory from the ground up. Reporting to the Head of Manufacturing, you'll be accountable for delivering hardware across trade boundaries, including building, plumbing, wiring, machining, welding, rigging, testing, and troubleshooting flight hardware, test stands, and the factory itself. You'll work directly with design, manufacturing, and test engineers, resolve first-build and stalled-build problems, and turn what you learn into procedures, tooling, and training that enable repeatable production. This role is ideal for someone who can work across disciplines, lead unfamiliar builds, and identify why a build is difficult and how to improve it. This is a full-time, on-site role in Kent, Washington, within Production Engineering.

## Responsibilities

- Assemble and integrate structural, mechanical, propulsion, fluid, and avionics subassemblies from engineering drawings, models, and work instructions, from first-article builds through rate production.
- Perform engine installation and thrust-structure and aft-end integration, including alignment, precision measurement, flight-critical torque and fastener installation, and safety wire.
- Build, install, and leak-check flight and ground fluid systems (tube bending, flaring and swaging, fittings, valves, regulators and seals) in oxygen-clean, FOD-intolerant environments.
- Fabricate, route, terminate and test wire harnesses and electromechanical assemblies (continuity, hi-pot, insulation resistance), and install avionics on the vehicle and on test stands.
- Run pressurized, pneumatic, and cryogenic operations, including proof and leak tests, functional checkouts, propellant-system conditioning, and integrated stage tests.
- Set up and operate instrumentation and data acquisition (pressure, temperature, flow, strain), and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, and test data.
- Lead fault isolation across mechanical, fluid, and electrical boundaries; document nonconformances and work with engineering on root cause and disposition.
- Set up and run manual mills, lathes, drill presses, surface grinders and saws to make tooling, fixtures, brackets, adapters, shims and quick-turn rework parts from drawings or sketches.
- Operate CNC mills and lathes for short-run and prototype work: load programs, set work offsets and tool lengths, prove out first articles, and make basic program edits with a machinist or programmer.
- Select feeds, speeds, tooling, and workholding for aerospace materials, including 6061/7075 aluminum, 300-series stainless, Inconel 718, titanium, and plastics such as PTFE and PEEK.
- Hold tolerances to +/-0.001 in. where required and inspect parts to GD&T per ASME Y14.5 with micrometers, bore gauges, indicators, height gauges, and surface plates.
- Perform precision hole work and hardware prep (drilling and reaming to size, tapping, thread repair, Helicoil and Keensert installation, counterboring, spot-facing, deburring) and in-situ rework on assemblies under engineering disposition.
- Weld (GTAW on stainless, aluminum and nickel alloys; orbital tube welding a plus) for flight hardware, GSE and tooling.
- Build, commission, and maintain test stands, GSE, fluid panels and factory utilities (shop air, high-pressure gas, hydraulics, cryogenic transfer lines), and support installation and bring-up of new production equipment.
- Perform rigging, overhead crane, forklift, and aerial-lift operations for large structures and stage moves, including lift planning for critical lifts.
- Act as hands-on lead for first builds and new processes: red-line work instructions, write procedures, specify tooling, and move work from development into production.
- Mentor and cross-train technicians, and serve as a trainer and qualifier for internal skill certifications.
- Drive safety, quality and efficiency through hazard identification, 5S, FOD and tool control, and design-for-manufacture feedback to engineering.
- Keep accurate, traceable build records in MES/ERP and travelers, and flag shortages and kitting problems early.

## Basic Qualifications

- 8+ years of hands-on technician experience in aerospace, launch vehicles, aviation, energy, motorsports, or a similar high-reliability industry
- High school diploma or GED, or related vocational/technical education.
- Expert-level skill in at least two of the following, with working competence across most of the rest: mechanical assembly, fluid systems, cryogenic and high-pressure operations, electrical/avionics, machining, welding, test and instrumentation, rigging.
- Ability to read and work from engineering drawings, GD&T, P&IDs, electrical schematics and work instructions.
- Proficient use of calibrated tools, including torque wrenches, micrometers, calipers, height and depth gauges, and multimeters.
- Ability to set up and run manual mills and lathes to drawing tolerances.
- Ability to obtain and keep forklift, overhead crane, and aerial-lift qualifications.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lb unassisted, stand for extended periods, work at heights and in confined spaces, and work around high-pressure and cryogenic systems.

## Preferred Qualifications

- FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate.
- Workmanship certifications such as IPC/WHMA-A-620, J-STD-001 or NASA-STD-8739.4.
- AWS or ASME Section IX GTAW welding certifications, or comparable aerospace welding qualifications.
- Machining trade certificate; experience with Haas, Fanuc or Mazak controls and CAM such as Siemens NX, Fusion 360, or Mastercam.
- Rocket engine or turbomachinery assembly and test, or launch vehicle integration and launch-pad operations experience.
- Experience standing up a new factory, test site, or production line, including equipment installation and commissioning.
- Military technical background (aviation maintenance, nuclear, missile systems).
- Lean or continuous improvement experience; familiarity with MES/ERP systems and reading CAD models.

## Compensation and Benefits

- The hourly pay for this position is Entry $42 - Mid $48 - Max $54 per hr. Actual base pay will depend on factors such as job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity.
- Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
- Employees and their eligible dependents may enroll in 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 and a fully stocked kitchen with beverages and snacks

ITAR Requirements Export Control Requirement: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR [here](https://deccs.pmddtc.state.gov/deccs).

Disclaimer This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at Cowboy Space Corp.’s discretion. Cowboy Space Corp. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. Cowboy Space Corp. is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions relating to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.

## About Cowboy Space Corp.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cowboy Space Corp. is building a vertically integrated orbital infrastructure system—satellites, rockets, and space-based solar power—to run AI compute in Low Earth Orbit.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, raised $275 M in May 2026 at a $2 B valuation)
- **Headquarters**: San Carlos, California, United States (with an engineering hub in Seattle, WA)
- **Founded**: 2023 per LinkedIn; 2024 per Built In and other reports (conflicting data)
- **Founders**: Baiju Bhatt (co‑founder and former co‑CEO of Robinhood)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Space‑based AI infrastructure / Defense and Space Manufacturing
- **Target customers**: AI companies, hyperscalers, government/defense agencies that need high‑performance compute without Earth’s power‑grid constraints
- **Mission statement**: “Build the power grid for AI in space” – harnessing abundant solar power in Low Earth Orbit to run on‑orbit GPU data centers

## Products & Services
- **Stampede Constellation**: A planned 20,000‑satellite LEO constellation of orbital data centers that capture solar energy to power NVIDIA GPU racks (~800 GPUs per satellite). Inter‑satellite optical laser links provide high‑speed data transmission.
- **Purpose‑Built Launch Vehicle**: A rocket whose upper stage is itself a 1‑megawatt data center with active thermal management and integrated compute, eliminating redundant structure and mass. First launch targeted before end of 2028.
- **Space‑Based Solar Power**: Satellites in dawn‑dusk sun‑synchronous orbits capture near‑continuous solar energy, beaming power wirelessly via infrared lasers (first demo satellite built with Apex Space).
- **NVIDIA Space‑1 Vera Rubin Modules**: Custom AI compute hardware designed for LEO, integrated into the Stampede satellites.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $2 B as of the Series B round in May 2026
- **Key Metric**: Total funding ~$335 M (Series B $275 M + Series A $50 M + seed/pre‑seed ~$10 M). Annual revenue is not publicly available.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Index Ventures (lead, Series B), IVP, Blossom Capital, SAIC, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Construct Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Interlagos, Baiju Bhatt (personal capital). Partnered with NVIDIA, Apex Space, and the U.S. Department of Defense (OECIF funding).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount grew ~205 % year‑over‑year (42 employees per LinkedIn mid‑2026; Built In reports 61 total employees – conflicting data)
  - Filed FCC application in May 2026 for a 20,000‑satellite orbital data center system
  - Opened a Seattle engineering hub in March 2026
  - Won DoD funding for power beam proof‑of‑concept; received Commercial Spaceflight Federation membership

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full‑stack integration**: The rocket’s upper stage is the satellite itself, eliminating redundant mass and dedicated launch‑satellite interfaces, allowing more compute per kilogram.
- **Space‑based solar power**: Satellites in sun‑synchronous orbits harvest near‑continuous solar energy, bypassing terrestrial grid bottlenecks that take 5–7 years for new data center connections.
- **Vertically owned manufacturing and launch**: Controls the entire value chain – from launch vehicle to orbital data center and optical data transmission – enabling rapid iteration and scale.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the Stampede constellation to thousands of satellites, each hosting hundreds of GPUs, to deliver orbital compute at a scale impossible on Earth.
- Launch the first satellite (power beaming demo with Apex Space) and complete the first integrated vehicle launch before 2028.
- Continue to partner with defense and government agencies (e.g., DoD) while also serving commercial AI customers.
- Rebranded from “Aetherflux” in May 2026 to unify the company’s identity around the “Cowboy” mission.

## Why Work Here
- **Team pedigree**: Engineers from SpaceX, Blue Origin, NASA/JPL, Astranis, Anduril, Amazon Kuiper, NVIDIA, and Robinhood. Strong aerospace and AI/ML culture.
- **Work model**: Hybrid – employees engage in a combination of remote and on‑site work; many roles are listed as “in‑office” in San Carlos or Seattle.
- **Culture & perks**: A fast‑paced startup tackling one of the hardest infrastructure problems (space‑based AI compute). Roles span electrical engineering, optical comms, GNC, firmware, supply chain, and talent acquisition. Emphasis on “building the future” and strengthening U.S. energy independence and national security.
- **Growth opportunity**: Joining a company that has just raised a $275 M Series B at a $2 B valuation, with aggressive hiring across technical and leadership positions.

## Sources
1. [cowboyspace.com](https://www.cowboyspace.com/)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cowboyspace)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/cowboy-space-corporation)
4. [siliconvalleyinvestclub.com](https://siliconvalleyinvestclub.com/cowboy-space/)

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