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Lead Configurator / Integrator

Cowboy Space Corporation· Launch & Propulsion Engineering
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Kent, Washington$160k - $225kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Lead Configurator / Integrator responsible for owning the physical architecture of engines and vehicle subsystems, translating schematics into buildable, serviceable three-dimensional layouts, and driving early design decisions with CAD, physics, and AI tools.

Responsibilities

  • Own the configuration and packaging of engine assemblies and vehicle subsystems ensuring optimal tradeoffs between mass, volumetric efficiency within constrained envelopes, cost, and system lead time.
  • Design and route fluid conductors (tubing, flex lines, manifolds) and small-bore lines across engines and vehicle systems; define routing paths that minimize pressure drop, vibration exposure, and interference while respecting assembly and maintenance access.
  • Design component mounting hardware, brackets, clamps, and secondary structure; size and substantiate these for flight loads (vibration, acoustic, shock, thermal) with appropriate hand methods and FEA.
  • Drive layout decisions with explicit consideration for assembly sequence, technician access, tool clearance, refurbishment workflows, and inspection requirements—ensuring that what looks good on screen works on the shop floor.
  • Conduct rapid design exploration using hand sketches, parametric CAD, generative design, and AI-assisted layout tools.
  • Coordinate with propulsion, avionics, and mechanisms teams to resolve spatial conflicts, define interface control boundaries, and ensure subsystem layouts integrate cleanly into the vehicle architecture.
  • Own the “single source of truth” master configuration models, envelope definitions, keep-out zones, and integration drawings
  • Evaluate packaging alternatives with quantified trade criteria: mass, routing pressure drop, structural margin, assembly time, maintenance access, and failure-mode exposure, cost, and other supply chain considerations.
  • Support integration and build activities: resolve fit-check issues in real time, disposition assembly issues, and iterate layouts for manufacturability.
  • Mentor designers and junior engineers on best practices for configuration design, elegant routing, load-conscious bracketry, and design-for-serviceability principles.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering field.
  • 5+ years of experience in configuration design, systems integration, packaging, or layout engineering for complex mechanical/fluid assemblies—preferably in aerospace, or similarly constrained environments.
  • High-level proficiency in 3D CAD (NX preferred) with demonstrated ability to build and manage large, multi-discipline assemblies and produce production-quality routing and installation definitions.
  • Strong understanding of structural loads, secondary structure design, and bracket/clamp architectures and sizing—able to assess whether a mounting solution is structurally adequate without waiting for a full stress cycle.
  • Hands-on experience with hardware integration: you have been on the floor during assembly, seen what works and what doesn’t, and can design for the human hand and the real tool envelope.

Skills

Required:3D CADStructural analysis / FEAHardware integration & install

Benefits

  • Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their 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 Sep 20, 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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