Launch Vehicle Engineering

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

About Cowboy Space Corp
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.

About Cowboy Space Corp
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
  

Preferred 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