Cowboyspace
Head of Materials & Process
Seattle, WA
Work authorization required$160k-$227kDetected 5 days ago
Hardware Design
About the role
- Responsible for ensuring that every structural joint and component survives extreme operating environments with absolute reliability, minimal weight, and maximum manufacturing throughput.
Responsibilities
- Develop Joining Techniques: Lead the development of braze and weld joints in the iterative hardware development cycle for vehicle and engine components.
- Own Material Databases: Drive the characterization and development of physical, mechanical, and thermal to fuel our design databases.
- Advance Additive Manufacturing: Partner daily with development and production teams to optimize LPBF processes, focusing heavily on nickel-based superalloys.
- Drive Failure Analysis: Lead rapid root-cause investigations using metallography, fractography, and mechanical testing.
- Collaborate & Review: Provide authoritative technical sign-offs on drawings, specs, and designs to solve complex vehicle-level hardware challenges.
- Build & Lead the Team: Recruit, mentor, and grow a world-class team of M&P engineers and technicians.
- Cowboy Space Corp. is building the infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy.
- We're moving quickly to solve complex technical challenges and build a new category of space infrastructure.
- Lead the development of braze and weld joints in the iterative hardware development cycle for vehicle and engine components.
- Lead rapid root-cause investigations using metallography, fractography, and mechanical testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in materials engineering or related engineering field.
- 5+ years of relevant M&P experience, including with nickel-based superalloys
- 1+ years of relevant additive manufacturing experience
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in materials engineering or related field
- Experience with one or more of the following manufacturing methods: additive (laser powder bed fusion), direct energy deposition (DED), casting, forging, brazing, heat treating, laser welding
- Understanding of mechanical testing methods for metals including fracture and fatigue
- Knowledge of aerospace metals including nickel-based alloys, stainless steels, aluminum alloys, and titanium alloys
- Hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment
- Understanding of non-destructive test methods for fracture control
- Experience with fracture mechanics, fatigue, and creep testing of additively manufactured superalloys
- Hands-on experience with process monitoring, in-situ sensors, or advanced process control for LPBF
Compensation
- Compensation and Benefits
Benefits
- Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
- Employees and their eligible dependents may enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid parental leave
Company info
- Recruit, mentor, and grow a world-class team of M&P engineers and technicians.
- Founded in 2024 by Baiju Bhatt (co-founder of Robinhood), Cowboy Space Corp. is backed by leading investors and built by a team from top aerospace and defense organizations.
Visa & Work Authorization
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