# Senior Propulsion Engineer

At Stoke, we believe a thriving space economy will enable a vibrant, sustainable, and equitable future here on Earth. That is why we’re building Nova, our fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle. Designed for daily flight, Nova tackles the core challenges of space transportation by reducing cost, increasing availability, and improving reliability. By radically lowering launch costs and increasing flight cadence, we’re helping create a truly scalable space industry. Our team is mission-driven, collaborative, and empowered to take ownership of their work. If you want to work alongside some of the most dedicated and talented people on Earth, we’d love to have you join us. Description Reusable systems are the key to seamlessly connecting Earth and space. Stoke’s Engines Team is developing reusable LNG/LOX full-flow staged combustion first stage engines and a LH2/LOX expander second stage engine for our launch vehicle, Nova. As a Senior Engines Design Engineer, you will have extreme ownership over all aspects of a components design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and validation for an advanced reusable rocket engine (components like thrust chambers, reentry heat shields, injectors,

- **Id**: 211797
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/stokespace-senior-propulsion-engineer>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Kent, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-04-18T23:28:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-19
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T03:30:42Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 568
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6454
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- **Benefits**: Equity, Parental leave, Pet friendly, Stock options, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Launch Services

## Company

- **Id**: 10918
- **Name**: Stoke Space
- **Domain**: stokespace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/stokespace>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 48
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.313
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 72
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 151305
- **Max**: 252105
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 252105

## Technologies

- **Siemens NX** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 567

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T08:31:18Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.28
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 568
- **Expected fill days**: 72
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 252105
- **Is top pay**: yes

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