Senior Integration & Test Engineer

Senior Integration & Test 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.

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Current energy and data systems rely on complex logistics and outdated infrastructure.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 an Senior
Integration & Test Engineer to own the end-to-end validation of our hardware systems. You will be responsible for bringing up, integrating, and testing complex electro-mechanical and avionics systems—ensuring they perform reliably in mission-critical environments.

This role is highly hands-on and cross-functional, working closely with hardware, avionics, and software teams to take systems from prototype through flight readiness.

Responsibilities:

• Own system-level integration and test of hardware and avionics systems

• Design, build, and maintain test infrastructure (racks, fixtures, harnessing, and tooling)

• Develop automated and manual test procedures for board- and system-level validation

• Lead bring-up and debug of electrical systems, including root cause analysis and failure investigation

• Execute environmental and functional testing (thermal, vibration, DVE, etc.)

• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, firmware, and software teams to validate performance

• Drive improvements in test coverage, reliability, and scalability of test systems

• Support flight qualification and launch readiness activities

• Support launch campaign operations including payload integration checkouts, pre-flight verification, and real-time anomaly resolution.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with integration, test, or validation of hardware systems

• Strong hands-on experience with test automation, instrumentation, and lab equipment

• Experience building test setups: fixtures, harnessing, racks, and data acquisition systems

• Background in avionics board-level testing and debugging (power, signal integrity, communications)

• Familiarity with scripting (Python or similar) for test automation

• Experience with RF, sensors, LiDAR, or avionics systems is a plus

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and interface control documents

• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with high ownership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience…