Launch Vehicle Engineering

Cowboy Space Corp. • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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.
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. We’re moving quickly to solve complex technical challenges and build a new category of space infrastructure.
Launch Vehicle Roles:
We are hiring across multiple launch vehicle disciplines and are looking for engineers with experience designing, building, testing, or operating launch vehicle systems and flight hardware.
This is a broad opportunity for highly technical engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and want ownership over mission-critical aerospace hardware.
Depending on background and experience, engineers may work across:
Launch vehicle systems engineering
Structures and mechanisms
Avionics and embedded systems
Propulsion integration
Fluids and thermal systems
Vehicle integration and test
Stage systems and payload integration
Manufacturing and production engineering
Ground systems and launch operations

Requirements

• Experience designing, building, testing, or operating launch vehicle systems and flight hardware
• Highly technical engineers
• Thrive in fast-paced environments
• Want ownership over mission-critical aerospace hardware
• Strong aerospace engineering fundamentals
• Hands-on experience with flight hardware or launch systems
• Ability to work across design, integration, test, and operations
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Ownership mindset with a willingness to solve problems outside defined boundaries
• 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. Department of State

Responsibilities

• Designing launch vehicle systems and flight hardware
• Building launch vehicle systems and flight hardware
• Testing launch vehicle systems and flight hardware
• Operating launch vehicle systems and flight hardware
• Launch vehicle systems engineering
• Structures and mechanisms
• Avionics and embedded systems
• Propulsion integration
• Fluids and thermal systems
• Vehicle integration and test
• Stage systems and payload integration
• Manufacturing and production engineering
• Ground systems and launch operations

Benefits

• Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed