Senior Platform Firmware Engineer
Cowboy Space Corp.Orbital Infrastructure company
San Carlos, United States$170,000 – $235,000Senior
Index Ventures
NEA
IVP
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Develop and maintain platform firmware for orbital infrastructure.
- •Cowboy Space Corp. is building orbital infrastructure for the new space economy.
- •This role is critical at the intersection of hardware and software, focusing on platform firmware, FPGA logic, and system management for reliable orbital operations.
- •Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain platform firmware and board management infrastructure.
- •Own system bring-up and low-level boot sequencing for custom hardware.
- •Design and implement FPGA/CPLD logic for power sequencing, reset, and telemetry.
- •Develop and customize BMC firmware using OpenBMC.
- •Implement and maintain platform management interfaces like Redfish and IPMI.
- •Requirements Hands-on experience in embedded systems, platform firmware, or hardware bring-up.
- •Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
- •Deep understanding of platform initialization and boot architectures.
- •Familiarity with hardware communication interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, JTAG).
- •Experience debugging hardware/software interactions at board and system level.
Required skills
C++PythonLinuxGit
Domain expertise
aerospacedeeptech
Benefits & perks
Equity, Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401(k), Paid time off, Paid holidays, Paid parental leave, Relocation assistance, Daily lunch, Fully stocked kitchen
Tech stack
C++PythonGitLinux