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Cowboy Space jobs
Cowboy Space Corp. is building satellites and launch vehicles to power computing from low Earth orbit. It hires launch and propulsion, spacecraft, avionics, software and laser communications engineers in Kent, Washington and San Carlos, California.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 68 open jobs at Cowboy Space; their typical pay runs $150k to $250k a year, with a median of $173k.
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Latest Cowboy Space openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:02 UTCSenior Facilities & Infrastructure Engineer (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Kent, Washington, United States · 1d agoDetails
$149,000–$191,000/yrSenior Multi-Disciplinary Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Kent, Washington, United States · 1d agoDetails
$54/hrManufacturing Engineer (opens the job details)
Technicians · Kent, Washington, United States · 1d agoDetails
$107,000–$123,000/yrSenior CNC Machinist (opens the job details)
Technicians · Kent, Washington, United States · 1d agoDetails
$46/hrHead of Primary Structures (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Kent, Washington, United States · 1d agoDetails
$195,000–$235,000/yrHead of Avionics (opens the job details)
Avionics · Kent, Washington, United States · 3d agoDetails
$252,000–$272,000/yrRadiation Metrology and Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Quality · San Carlos, California · 4d agoDetails
$165,000–$190,000/yrExecutive & Corporate Communications Partner (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Carlos, CA or Kent +2 more · 1w agoDetails
$135,800–$200,000/yrSenior Flight Dynamics Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Kent, Washington, United States · 1w agoDetails
$150,000–$200,000/yrLab Manager, Avionics Hardware (opens the job details)
Avionics · San Carlos, California · 1w agoDetails
$113,000–$185,000/yrSolar Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Kent, Washington, United States · 1w agoDetails
$28/hrSenior Avionics Engineer (opens the job details)
Avionics · San Carlos, California · 1w agoDetails
$150,000–$200,000/yr
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Cowboy Space at a glance
Cowboy Space Corp. is building satellites and launch vehicles to power computing from low Earth orbit. It hires launch and propulsion, spacecraft, avionics, software and laser communications engineers in Kent, Washington and San Carlos, California.
68 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in Cowboy Space's name?
Cowboy Space's own sites: cowboyspace.com · jobs.ashbyhq.com/cowboyspace.
What Cowboy Space pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $173k/yr over the 67 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $58.2k/yr up to $340k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 67 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 1 of the 68 open jobs here states no pay.
The top-paying Cowboy Space jobs open now
Every 68, highest pay firstSpace Datacenter Architect (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · San Carlos, California · 1mo agoDetails
$240,000–$340,000/yrMechanical Engineer | Solar Array Deployable Structures (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Kent, Washington, United States · 2mo agoDetails
$100,000–$300,000/yrMechanical Engineer - Active Cooling (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Kent, Washington, United States · 2mo agoDetails
$100,000–$300,000/yrSenior RF Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · San Carlos, California · 1mo agoDetails
$219,000–$276,000/yrHead of Analysis (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Kent, Washington, United States · 2w agoDetails
$225,000–$273,000/yr
The middle half is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top, measured the same way for every list on the site. A posting's range is base salary only: stock, sign-on money and bonuses are extra where a company offers them. The methodology explains how each pay figure is measured and graded.
What Cowboy Space looks for
The usual bar in each discipline Cowboy Space is staffing right now. A posting can ask for more or less (a clearance, a degree, years on hardware), so check the role itself before applying.
A mechanical or aerospace engineering degree; CAD (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks) and FEA analysis for most roles.
An electrical or computer engineering degree; harness and board technicians often hold IPC certifications.
A computer science, aerospace or electrical engineering degree; C/C++ for flight code, control theory for GNC.
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance.
Often no degree: a trade school, apprenticeship or military background, plus certifications such as welding or IPC.
Usually a mechanical or aerospace engineering degree; technicians and test operators often start from a trade or the military.
Cowboy Space's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
Cowboy Space pay by occupation, from its own postings: Software engineer pay, Electrical engineer pay, Mechanical engineer pay, Propulsion engineer pay.
For the wider picture, open the pay tables for every discipline or the space employers that pay the most.
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Questions about Cowboy Space
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What does Cowboy Space pay?
Across the 67 open Cowboy Space jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $150k–$250k/yr and the median $173k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $58.2k/yr and the highest $340k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is Cowboy Space staffing?
Of its 68 openings, the largest groups are mechanical, structures & thermal (19), avionics & electrical (9) and flight software & GNC (6).
What does Cowboy Space ask for in mechanical, structures and thermal engineering jobs in space?
A mechanical or aerospace engineering degree; CAD (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks) and FEA analysis for most roles. The exact bar is in each Cowboy Space posting.
How fresh is this list of Cowboy Space roles?
We read Cowboy Space's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as Cowboy Space keeps it up, dated with our last check.
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