Electrical Engineer, Optical Communications

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Electrical Engineer, Optical Communications San Carlos, California, San Carlos, California, United States Electrical Engineer, Optical Communications About Cowboy Space Corp. Cowboy Space Corp. is building the infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy. Our satellites operate in Low Earth Orbit to collect sunlight and enable a new class of capabilities-from powering on-orbit compute, to transmitting energy via infrared lasers (space-to-earth and space-to-space), powering on-orbit compute to delivering secure, high-bandwidth optical data. By rethinking how energy and data are generated and distributed in space, we're unlocking entirely new ways to operate both in orbit and on Earth. The Role We are looking for an RF Engineer to design and deploy advanced communication systems with a strong emphasis on high-speed optical communications and software-defined radio architectures. This role sits at the boundary of networking, RF avionics, and embedded compute, requiring a systems-level approach to building robust, flight-capable communication pipelines. You will own the development of RF and hybrid RF/optical communication subsystems capable of delivering high-throughput data links under real-world constraints including motion, atmospheric interference, thermal variation, and limited power budgets. Responsibilities - Design, develop, and integrate communication PCBAs, modulators, and devices for airborne or space-based platforms - Architect and implement SDR-based communication pipelines (modulation, encoding, synchronization, and signal processing) - Develop high-speed optical communication links (free-space optics / laser comms), including link budgeting, pointing and tracking, and alignment strategies with intelligent failover and redundancy - Perform system-level trade studies from high-speed optical links - Design and validate end-to-end communication chains, from

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