Space Jobs for Propulsion Engineers

Across the 160 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for propulsion engineers right now, typical pay runs from $110000 to $200000 an hour, with a median of $130000. The highest posted rate is $327810 an hour, at Stoke Space. 149 of the 309 open roles for propulsion engineers state no pay, so check each listing.

Usually an engineering degree (mechanical and aerospace are the most common) and hands-on hardware experience in the role's area, from test operations to fluid systems. A license is rarely asked. Each listing states the degree, the years of experience and the location it asks for. Of the 55 open roles for propulsion engineers whose requirements we read, 3 a master's, 49 a bachelor's or a degree and 3 name no degree.

A propulsion engineer designs, analyzes and tests the systems that make thrust: engines and their turbomachinery, combustion devices, thrusters, and the valves, lines and tanks that carry propellants. Much of the work is on hardware: building test articles, firing them on a stand and changing the design from what the data shows.

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Inversion Space, Varda Space Industries, K2 Space and Apex among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.