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Space Datacenter Networking Engineer

Cowboy Space Corporation· Chief Engineering & Reliability
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San Carlos, California$196.7k - $236.5kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Space Datacenter Networking Engineer at Cowboy Space Corp. responsible for designing and validating the high-performance in-space networking fabric that connects accelerators in orbit, with interfaces to spacecraft communications and ground systems.

Responsibilities

  • Own topology, protocols, addressing, routing, performance targets, and failure domains for Space Datacenter networks.
  • Select and integrate switches, adapters, interconnects, cabling, and management components.
  • Model and measure collective performance, congestion, latency, availability, and workload sensitivity.
  • Define management and diagnostic paths that remain available through compute-fabric failures.
  • Build telemetry that identifies marginal links and components before they fail.
  • Develop isolation, rerouting, and graceful-degradation behavior with firmware and software teams.
  • Build representative test fabrics, automate validation, inject faults, and lead root-cause analysis.
  • Define spacecraft and ground interfaces and qualify critical components for the mission environment.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years designing or operating high-performance AI, HPC, storage, or low-latency networks.
  • Deep experience with InfiniBand, RoCE, high-performance Ethernet, or a comparable compute fabric.
  • Strong understanding of topology, congestion control, collective communication, failure domains, and telemetry.
  • Hands-on experience configuring, benchmarking, and debugging network hardware.
  • Proficiency in Python or another language used for test automation and telemetry analysis.
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Required:Network design and topologyInfiniBand / RoCE / high-performance Ethernet

Benefits

  • Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan.
  • Paid time off and 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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