Opportunities · Part-time opportunity · Summer 2027

Software Engineering Intern, 2027

Cowboy Space Corporation · San Carlos, CA

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Role overview

Design, development, and testing of software across flight, embedded, and ground systems, including avionics, guidance/navigation/control, and satellite bus/payload software
Build and maintain software for signal processing, RF/optical communication pipelines, and on-orbit compute infrastructure (GPU/TPU clusters)
Develop tooling and services for mission operations, telemetry/command infrastructure, and satellite health monitoring
Write, test, and debug code across the stack — from low-level embedded/real-time systems to higher-level ground and data systems

Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field
Strong fundamentals in software engineering: data structures, algorithms, and computer architecture
Proficiency in at least one systems or general-purpose programming language (C, C++, Python, or similar)
Collaborative, self-directed work style; comfort with ambiguity and learning quickly

Experience with embedded or real-time systems programming (RTOS, bare-metal, or similar constrained environments)
Exposure to signal processing, hardware description languages (VHDL/Verilog), or FPGA-based development
Familiarity with flight software frameworks (for example, , cFS, F Prime) or spacecraft software architectures

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Sep 22, 2026

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