Space Systems Architect Consultant
Space Engineering Consultant – Orbital Data Center Physics
Remote | 4-Month Contract | Fractional (10–20 hrs/week)
A fast-moving, well-funded physics and AI research company is tackling one of the hardest engineering problems in space: making data-center-class hardware work in orbit. They've built a powerful AI-driven physics reasoning engine — and now need senior aerospace judgment to keep it pointed at the right problems.
This is not a build role. It's an advisory seat: reviewing simulation output, stress-testing assumptions, and telling a brilliant but space-inexperienced team what's flight-real and what isn't.
What you'll do:
- Review proof-of-concept and simulation results and call flight feasibility, fast
- Advise across the hardest orbital data center problems: thermal control, cooling, radiation effects, and power
- Help prioritize a research portfolio for maximum technical return
- Flag dead ends before they cost time and capital
- Act as validator and red-teamer for an AI-led engineering team
What you bring:
- Senior aerospace engineer with hardware that has actually flown
- Deep expertise in thermal/cooling, radiation hardening, power, or systems integration
- Ideally a hybrid “technologist” profile — comfortable across both hardware and software
- A systems-level generalist mindset, not a narrow specialist
- Sharp, decisive judgment and comfort working alongside AI-assisted tools
If you've got flight heritage and want to shape how the next generation of computing infrastructure gets built in orbit, this is a rare seat at the table.
Apply or DM to learn more at richard@evona.com