Senior Spacecraft Analysis Engineer

About Cowboy Space Corp. 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.

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providing secure, high bandwidth optical data transport.Current energy and data systems rely on complex logistics and outdated infrastructure.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.

We are looking for a Spacecraft Systems Analysis Engineer to drive high-impact modeling, simulation, and performance analysis across our satellite platform. This is a multidisciplinary role where you will inform key design decisions across spacecraft subsystems through rigorous analysis and system-level thinking.

You will bring deep expertise in one or more domains—such as structural, loads, and dynamics, thermal, radiation, reliability, power, MMOD (micrometeoroid and orbital debris), fluids, or optical/brightness analysis—while operating with a strong understanding of how these systems interact at the spacecraft level.

This is a high-growth role with the opportunity to take ownership of critical analyses and directly influence at the spacecraft level.

• Perform system-level modeling and simulation to evaluate spacecraft performance across multiple subsystems

• Develop and own analysis in one or more domains: structural, thermal, radiation, reliability, power, MMOD, fluids, or optical/brightness

• Conduct trade studies and sensitivity analyses to inform design decisions and optimize system performance, mass, and reliability

• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, electrical, GNC, and software teams to guide design and integration decisions

• Define and maintain analysis-driven requirements, margins, and verification strategies

• Interpret simulation results and translate findings into actionable engineering insights

• Support test planning and model correlation, ensuring alignment between analysis and hardware performance

• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including models, assumptions, and analysis reports

• Support environmental qualification and on-orbit performance predictions, including thermal, radiation, and debris environments

• Participate in design reviews (PDR, CDR), providing analytical rigor and recommendations at the system level

• 3+ years of experience in engineering analysis (internships and relevant projects count)

• Bachelor’s…