Spacecraft & stations · Orbital power and computing
Cowboy Space
About Cowboy Space
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.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 65 open Cowboy Space roles; typical pay across them is $156k to $250k a year (median $175k).
Live Cowboy Space roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 12:02 UTCExecutive & Corporate Communications Partner (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Carlos, CA or Kent +2 more· todayDetails
$135,800–$200,000/yrHead of Marketing and Communications (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Carlos, CA or Kent +2 more· 2w agoDetails
$185,880–$204,500/yrSenior Sourcing and Procurement Manager (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · San Carlos, California· 2w agoDetails
$130,000–$200,000/yrSpace Datacenter Networking Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Carlos, California· 3w agoDetails
$196,720–$236,484/yrControls Software Engineer, Pointing & Tracking (opens the job details)
Flight Software · San Carlos, California· 3w agoDetails
$170,000–$192,000/yrSoftware Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Carlos, CA or Kent +2 more· 1mo agoDetails
$100,000–$200,000/yrGround Station Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Carlos, CA or Kent +2 more· 2w agoDetails
$145,000–$171,000/yrIntern, Software Engineering, 2027 (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Carlos, California· 1mo agoDetails
$1,800/wkSoftware Engineer, Test & Automation (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Carlos, CA or Kent +2 more· 1mo agoDetails
$100,000–$200,000/yrSenior Controls Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Kent, Washington, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$165,000–$190,000/yrFlight Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Kent, Washington, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$200,000–$250,000/yrSpace Datacenter Architect (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · San Carlos, California· 1mo agoDetails
$240,000–$340,000/yr
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About Cowboy Space
Satellites and rockets for solar-powered computing in low Earth orbit. It pays $156k–$250k/yr typically (median $175k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed65 open roles on Cowboy Space, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Cowboy Space's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Kent, WA; San Carlos, CA
What Cowboy Space pays
From current postings · as of 31 Oct 2026Median $175k/yr, taken across 63 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $58.2k/yr and as high as $340k/yr.
Measured from 63 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 2 of the 65 listings open here post no pay at all.
Best-paid Cowboy Space openings today
All 65 by paySpace Datacenter Architect (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · San Carlos, California· 1mo agoDetails
$240,000–$340,000/yrMechanical Engineer - Active Cooling (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Kent, Washington, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$100,000–$300,000/yrMechanical Engineer | Solar Array Deployable Structures (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Kent, Washington, United States· 1mo 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· 1w agoDetails
$225,000–$273,000/yr
“Typical” here means 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; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
The work Cowboy Space hires for
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What our research measures about Cowboy Space
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring65 open roles, 0.4% of all the space roles we read, across 12 kinds of work; 20 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply100.0% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 0.0% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience0.0% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 21.5% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency96.9% of the postings state their pay, at a median $175,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level5 open roles are for someone starting out (7.7% of its open roles), 2 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 0.0% for overtime or extended hours.
- Shifts, weekends and travel63 of its open postings offer relocation.
- What applications askIts application forms ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (100.0% of them).
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Frequently asked questions
What does Cowboy Space do?
Satellites and rockets for solar-powered computing in low Earth orbit.
How much does Cowboy Space pay?
Openings at Cowboy Space pay $156k–$250k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $175k/yr. We take both from the 63 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $58.2k/yr; the highest is $340k/yr.
What is it like to work at Cowboy Space?
Cowboy Space pays $156k–$250k/yr typically (median $175k/yr).
Which locations does Cowboy Space hire in?
Kent, WA; San Carlos, CA
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