Launch Vehicle Engineer - Hands-On Spaceflight Hardware

Cowboy Space Corporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. is building infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy. Our satellites in Low Earth Orbit enable on‑orbit compute, energy transmission, and high‑bandwidth data links as we redefine space energy and data distribution.

We’re funded by leading investors and formed by engineers from top aerospace and defense sectors. This broad opportunity involves multiple launch vehicle disciplines, with engineers designing, building, testing, or operating launch vehicle systems and

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Support launch vehicle systems engineering activities across design, integration, test, and operations.
• Contribute to structures, avionics, propulsion, and thermal systems as needed.
• Assist with vehicle integration, ground systems, and launch operations.
• Participate in manufacturing and production engineering as well as stage and payload integration.

Skills

Aerospace fundamentals

Flight hardware experience

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. is building infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy. Our satellites in Low Earth Orbit enable on‑orbit compute, energy transmission, and high‑bandwidth data links as we redefine space energy and data distribution.

We’re funded by leading investors and formed by engineers from top aerospace and defense sectors. This broad opportunity involves multiple launch vehicle disciplines, with engineers designing, building, testing, or operating launch vehicle systems and