Ordnance Engineer

The role

The Ordnance Engineer owns every energetic device on the vehicle and manages energetics on the ground. This includes defining ordnance architecture, qualifying hardware, and managing storage, shipping, and compliance.

What you will do

• Define the ordnance architecture for the vehicle
• Select, specify, and qualify hardware including initiators, detonators, and separation nuts
• Own the energetics side of the initiation chain
• Own the environmental and susceptibility case
• Run component, subsystem, and full-system qualification campaigns
• Own hazard classification, net explosive weight, and the explosive site plan
• Stand up storage and magazine licensing
• Own ATF, DOT, and DESR 6055.09 / DoD 4145.26-M compliance

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, chemical, or electrical engineering, or similar
• 5-10 years of experience in ordnance, pyrotechnics, or energetic systems on launch vehicles, missiles, or spacecraft
• Hands-on experience taking an ordnance device or an initiation train through qualification
• Working command of MIL-STD-1576 and the explosives safety regime
• Electrical fluency sufficient to argue about the firing chain
• Real knowledge of energetic materials
• Excellent written communication

Nice to have

• Flight termination ordnance experience specifically
• Energetic materials depth: formulation, compatibility and aging studies, or running a lot acceptance and surveillance program
• Having stood up an explosives site plan, a magazine, or an ATF license from scratch
• Pyroshock test and analysis experience, per NASA-STD-7003 or similar
• Familiarity with SSCMAN/AFSPCMAN 91-710 and the MSPSP process from the applicant's side
• Working knowledge of how these parts are actually made
• Experience at a startup or small hardware company
• Vandenberg and/or Cape Canaveral operating experience

Benefits

• Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Paid time off
• 10 paid holidays per calendar year
• Paid parental leave
• Relocation assistance if applicable
• Daily lunch in the office
• Fully stocked kitchen with beverages and snacks

Before you apply

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Depar

About the company

Cowboy Space Corporation is building the infrastructure for abundant, resilient space-based solar energy. The company is based in San Carlos, CA.