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Stage 1 Lead Engineer
NewPosted 1 week ago
Stage 1 Lead Engineer
- Own the Stage 1 program from architecture and design through flight, recovery, and reflight
- Define Stage 1 architecture, conceptual design, and stage-level requirements in coordination with the owners of the engine, upper stage, ground systems, and other launch system elements
In office • Kent
$216k – $236kEngineering
Ground Station Software Engineer
NewPosted 7 days ago
Ground Station Software Engineer
- Design and develop distributed software systems for ground station network operations and core infrastructure services.
- Test and integrate software systems that run on both commercial and in-house developed hardware.
In office • Seattle
$145k – $171kOther Engineering
Senior RF Engineer
NewPosted 1 week ago
Senior RF Engineer
- Define RF requirements and maintain link budgets for telemetry and command links, including antenna performance, losses, interference, and ground-station compatibility.
- Evaluate radios, antennas, and RF components for the required bands from UHF through Ka-band; assess performance, interfaces, qualification evidence, and integration risks.
In office • San Carlos
$170k – $202kOther Engineering
Senior Compute Validation Engineer
NewPosted 2 weeks ago
Senior Compute Validation Engineer
- Lead board bring-up and system validation for advanced edge compute platforms.
- Develop validation methodologies covering signal integrity, power integrity, power sequencing, thermal behavior, and system reliability.
In office • San Carlos
$150k – $200kEngineering
Controls Software Engineer, Pointing & Tracking
NewPosted 2 weeks ago
Controls Software Engineer, Pointing & Tracking
- Own the pointing and tracking control loop from design through on-orbit operations
- Design, implement, and tune closed-loop controllers that keep optical links precisely pointed between moving platforms
In office • San Carlos
$170k – $192kOther Engineering
Space Datacenter Networking Engineer
NewPosted 2 weeks ago
Space Datacenter Networking Engineer
- Own topology, protocols, addressing, routing, performance targets, and failure domains for Space Datacenter networks.
- Select and integrate switches, adapters, interconnects, cabling, and management components.
In office • San Carlos
$196k – $236kOther Engineering
Electrical Engineer, FPGA
NewPosted 3 weeks ago
Electrical Engineer, FPGA
- Architect and design spacecraft flight computer hardware from concept through flight qualification.
- Own schematic capture, component selection, board bring-up, debugging, and verification.
In office • San Carlos
$120k – $175kEngineering
Embedded Software Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Embedded Software Engineer
- Own embedded software for spacecraft subsystems from concept through on-orbit operations
- Design, develop, and debug real-time embedded software for microcontroller-based avionics boards in both FreeRTOS and bare-metal environments
In office • San Carlos
$130k – $185kEngineering
Intern, Software Engineering, 2027
NewPosted 1 month ago
Intern, Software Engineering, 2027
- Design, development, and testing of software across flight, embedded, and ground systems, including avionics, guidance/navigation/control, and satellite bus/payload software
- Build and maintain software for signal processing, RF/optical communication pipelines, and on-orbit compute infrastructure (GPU/TPU clusters)
In office • San Carlos
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TCA Mechanical Design Engineer Level 1
NewPosted 1 month ago
TCA Mechanical Design Engineer Level 1
- Own end-to-end TCA hardware lifecycle from requirements through manufacturing to flight qualification
- Lead mechanical design optimized for manufacturability, applying physics-based analysis — hand calculations, thermal and structural FEA, and tolerance stack-ups
In office • Kent
$100k – $150kEngineering
Software Engineer, Test & Automation
NewPosted 1 month ago
Software Engineer, Test & Automation
- Design, develop, and maintain reusable software frameworks for automated spacecraft testing across SIL, HITL, environmental, radiation, integration, and field-test environments
- Own the software and automation for HITL infrastructure that exercises real flight software against flight, engineering, or emulated spacecraft hardware
In office • San Carlos
$100k – $200kOther Engineering
Optical Engineer, Lasers & Photonics
NewPosted 1 month ago
Optical Engineer, Lasers & Photonics
- Design and develop high-power fiber laser and amplifier systems for space-based applications.
- Characterize laser sources including linewidth, phase noise, RIN, and spectral purity.
In office • San Carlos
$120k – $200kOther Engineering
Reliability Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Reliability Engineer
- Decide what reliability toolkit this program runs on, write it down short enough that people follow it, and defend every inclusion and omission
- Pick analysis depth per subsystem instead of applying one standard everywhere — some interfaces deserve a full FMECA, some deserve a one-page failure walkdown, some deserve nothing
In office • Kent
$140k – $185kOther Engineering
Staff Engineer, Optics & RF
NewPosted 1 month ago
Staff Engineer, Optics & RF
- Design RF driver and receiver circuitry for optical communication links supporting data rates upto 50 Gbps
- Develop end-to-end RF signal chain architecture for laser diode drivers, modulators, and photodetector front-ends
In office • San Carlos
$219k – $276kOther Engineering
Ordnance Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Ordnance Engineer
- Define the ordnance architecture for the vehicle: any pyro-actuated valve or mechanism
- Select, specify, and qualify the hardware: initiators and detonators, safe-and-arm and electronic safe-and-arm devices, through-bulkhead initiators, detonating cord and transfer lines, shaped charge, frangible joints, separation nuts, and pin pullers
In office • Kent
$140k – $200kOther Engineering
Senior Mechanical Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior Mechanical Engineer
- Own mechanical design of spacecraft components and assemblies from concept through production
- Design and develop structures, mechanisms, and thermal solutions for space environments
In office • San Carlos
$150k – $200kOther Engineering
Structural Analyst
NewPosted 1 month ago
Structural Analyst
- COWBOY SPACE CORP.
- Own the full lifecycle of structural prediction and data for the team — from load definition and first-order sizing through correlated, test-anchored models used to clear hardware for flight.
In office • Kent
$140k – $195kOther Engineering
Wiring Harness Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Wiring Harness Engineer
- Own the technical roadmap and architecture for electrical and optical harnessing across all spacecraft platforms.
- Create detailed harness schematics, routing diagrams, 3D CAD models, and manufacturing drawings.
In office • San Carlos
$100k – $135kOther Engineering
Fluids Engineer - Vehicle Valves, Ducts, & Small Tubing
NewPosted 1 month ago
Fluids Engineer - Vehicle Valves, Ducts, & Small Tubing
- COWBOY SPACE CORP.
- Own your fluid subsystem from concept through design, analysis, test, and flight.
In office • Kent
$130k – $195kOther Engineering
Fluids Engineer Level 1
NewPosted 1 month ago
Fluids Engineer Level 1
- COWBOY SPACE CORP.
- Own your fluid subsystem from concept through design, analysis, test, and flight.
In office • Kent
$100k – $135k