Stratolaunch

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General information

Stratolaunch is a reusable hypersonic flight test company that provides high-speed flight test services. It develops the Talon-A, a reusable hypersonic test vehicle, and operates the Roc and Spirit of Mojave aircraft as air-launch platforms.

Stratolaunch was founded in 2011. Cerberus Capital Management acquired the company in 2019. Stratolaunch is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with operations in Mojave, California, and employed 360 people as of December 2023. Historically, the median salary is ~$130,125.1

Headquarters
Mojave, United States
Industry
Industrials
Category
Aerospace & Defense
Employees
380

Hiring activity

73Open jobs
+29Added in 30 days
−12Closed in 30 days

New jobs added per week2

View these weekly figures as a table
Week beginningNew listings
September 7, 20262
September 14, 20260
September 21, 20265
September 28, 20267
October 5, 20267
October 12, 20266
October 19, 20269
October 26, 2026 (in progress)0

Open jobs

70 open · updated today
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Pay

What does Stratolaunch actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $135,250. Note that 22% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.4

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
BracketJobs
Under $100k9 jobs (13%)
$100k to $150k37 jobs (54%)
$150k to $200k14 jobs (20%)
$200k and up9 jobs (13%)

Plus 19 hourly jobs at $20 to $76 an hour.

Posted ranges on jobs open now4

Sr. Director, Program Management$268,000 – $292,000
Technical Staff, Mechanical Systems$147,667 – $262,294
Technical Staff, Guidance Navigation and Controls (GNC)$147,667 – $262,294
$52k$292k
Senior Director, Tax & Treasury$190,000 – $252,000
Program Director - Targets$214,000 – $249,000
Director, Corporate Investment$157,000 – $245,000
Senior Attorney – Corporate Law$180,800 – $237,300
Chief Engineer- Targets$163,000 – $229,352
Principal Solution Strategist$209,000 – $225,000
Principal Manufacturing Engineer, Mechanical$161,000 – $223,400
Director, Supply Chain$197,000 – $222,000
Materials & Process Engineer$167,500 – $217,000
Payload Systems Engineer$157,000 – $206,000
Carrier Aircraft Chief Engineer$157,000 – $206,000
Program Manager - Launch Platforms$128,000 – $206,000
Systems Test Engineer$157,000 – $206,000
Flight Software Engineer$157,000 – $206,000
Electrical Engineer$157,000 – $206,000
Principal Cost Account Manager$148,000 – $203,000
Program Manager, Hypersonic Vehicle$134,000 – $198,000
Engineering Section Manager - Avionics$116,000 – $196,000
Lead Security Engineer - Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)$140,000 – $185,000
Dynamics Engineer$142,000 – $174,700
Structural Analyst$102,000 – $172,000
Staff Cost Account Manager - Talon Program$119,000 – $172,000
Program Director - Hypersonic Vehicle$134,000 – $158,600
Propulsion Engineer - Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) SME$120,500 – $158,000
Propulsion Engineer$120,500 – $158,000
Flight Test Engineer$120,000 – $158,000
Program Manager - Development$120,500 – $158,000
Mechanical Engineer, Technical Lead$120,500 – $158,000
FP&A Analyst$82,000 – $158,000
GNC Engineer, Navigation-focused$120,500 – $158,000
Lead Technical Writer$120,000 – $155,000
Project Engineer$123,000 – $153,700
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer- CNC Programmer$117,000 – $153,500
Supplier Quality Engineer$102,000 – $148,000
Systems Engineer$101,000 – $146,500
Industrial Engineer$101,000 – $146,500
Operations Engineer$101,000 – $146,500
Payload Mechanical Engineer$101,000 – $146,500
Flight Sciences Engineer$101,079 – $146,500
Environmental Test Systems Engineer (LabVIEW)$101,000 – $146,500
Data Systems / Network Engineer$101,000 – $146,500
Avionics Telemetry Engineer$101,100 – $146,500
Senior Environmental Test Systems Engineer (LabVIEW)$101,000 – $146,500
Senior Flight Software Engineer$101,000 – $146,500
Structural/Mechanical Engineer$101,079 – $146,500
GNC Engineer$101,000 – $146,500
Avionics Manager$114,000 – $138,000
Production Supervisor$110,000 – $135,000
Tooling and Systems Manufacturing Engineer$98,100 – $128,700
Staff Systems/Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer (ME)$98,100 – $128,700
Propulsion Systems Manufacturing Engineer$98,100 – $128,700
Avionics Design Engineer$83,000 – $120,500
Avionics Manufacturing Engineer$83,000 – $120,500
Flight Termination System Engineer$83,000 – $120,500
Data Analyst$83,000 – $120,500
HR Business Partner$90,000 – $120,000
Avionics Mechanical Engineer$97,500 – $120,000
Data Systems Engineer$68,000 – $109,000
Sr. Program Coordinator$90,000 – $107,500
Logistics Specialist$79,000 – $105,800
Avionics Data Engineer - Payloads$86,000 – $103,800
Environmental Test Engineer$79,700 – $101,600
Program Finance Analyst$66,500 – $87,000
Aircraft Maintenance Scheduler$71,000 – $86,000
Aircraft Maintenance Controller$71,000 – $86,000
Technical Writer$52,000 – $84,700

Hourly jobs

Aircraft Maintenance Controller (Flight Test & Operations)$58 – $76 an hour
A&P Avionics Technician$39 – $62 an hour
Sr. EH&S Specialist$47 – $62 an hour
Sr. Engineering Technician – EMI/EMC Testing$39 – $56 an hour
Environmental Test Engineering Technician$39 – $53 an hour
EH&S Specialist$40 – $53 an hour
Mission Operations Quality Technician$32 – $51 an hour
Machinist$32 – $50 an hour
Avionics Engineering Technician$32 – $46 an hour
Assistant Facility Security Officer$26 – $46 an hour
Aircraft Electrician$32 – $46 an hour
Composite Fabricator$32 – $42 an hour
Aircraft Maintenance & Systems Technician$31 – $42 an hour
Propulsion Technician$32 – $42 an hour
GSE Technician$31 – $40 an hour
Aircraft Maintenance Expeditor$31 – $40 an hour
Facilities Technician$25 – $34 an hour
Security Administrative Assistant$25 – $28 an hour
Logistics Clerk- Inventory Property Control$20 – $28 an hour

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Common questions

Is Stratolaunch hiring now?

Yes. There are 73 open jobs, with 29 added in the last 30 days.

How much does Stratolaunch pay?

Posted pay runs $52,000 to $292,000 a year, and the median is $135,250. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

173 daily listing observations, Jun 7 to Oct 28 windowRechecked daily, last October 28, 2026
  1. 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Stratolaunch's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
  2. 2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
  3. 3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Stratolaunch's own hiring system; last check October 28, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
  4. 4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Stratolaunch's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.

Sources
stratolaunch.com
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