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Controls Software Engineer, Pointing & Tracking

Cowboy Space is hiring for Controls Software Engineer, Pointing & Tracking in San Carlos, California. Mid level. First seen October 21, 2026; open as of November 12, 2026. Jobs taken straight from company career pages — no aggregator in between.

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Company
Cowboy Space
Where
San Carlos, California
Level
Mid
First seen
October 21, 2026
Listed via
Ashby

What the posting says

The Role As a Controls Software Engineer on the Pointing & Tracking team, you will own the software control loop that keeps a laser precisely pointed between two moving platforms, both satellite-to-ground and satellite-to-satellite. You will use closed-loop feedback from onboard sensors to drive fine-pointing actuators in an embedded real-time environment. This is control-systems software, not general application development: the core of the job is translating control theory into a robust, working real-time implementation and taking dedicated ownership of a system that is central to our…

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