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Senior Compute Validation Engineer

Cowboy Space Corporation· Chief Engineering & Reliability
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San Carlos, California$150k - $200kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Hands-on role owning validation strategy across electrical, firmware, thermal, mechanical, and system software teams to uncover and resolve failure modes during launch and post-deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead board bring-up and system validation for advanced edge compute platforms.
  • Develop validation methodologies covering signal integrity, power integrity, power sequencing, thermal behavior, and system reliability.
  • Debug complex hardware and firmware interactions across High-speed interconnects (PCIe, Nvidia NVLink, AMD XGMI), memory subsystems, BMC/SMC and HMC architectures.
  • Perform detailed board analysis using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and power instrumentation.
  • Drive root-cause analysis for system failures discovered during validation and environmental testing.
  • Design and validate interfaces using protocols such as I2C, SPI, and UART.
  • Partner closely with mechanical, thermal, firmware, and software teams to ensure robust system integration.
  • Help define engineering standards and validation processes for flight-ready compute hardware.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Experience in board design review, system validation, or compute hardware engineering.
  • 5+ years of experience designing and building compute hardware system.
  • Strong background in server, accelerated compute, or embedded compute platforms.
  • Deep understanding of motherboard architecture, high-speed signaling, power delivery systems, and system management infrastructure.
  • Extensive hands-on debugging experience at board and system level.
  • Proficiency with lab equipment including oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.
  • Experience with scripting or automation in Python, C/C++, or similar languages.
  • Strong ownership mentality and ability to independently drive technical problems to resolution.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Skills

Required:Board design reviewCompute hardware validationHigh-speed interconnectsS scripting and automationDebuggingCommunication

Benefits

  • Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
  • 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
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Cowboy Space Corporation

Powering Humanity From the High Frontier

Cowboy Space Corp. is building a power grid in outer space for artificial intelligence. It is an integrated system of satellites and rockets to haul high-performance compute and optical data transmission down from Low Earth Orbit. Earth's energy grid can't run at the pace of AI. We can.

Orbital Data CentersAI compute in spacesolar-powered data centersLow Earth Orbitpower grid in space
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