Chief Engineer - Spacecraft
Gravitics
Seattle, WA · $210k–$250k a year · Posted October 22, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $230,000 a year. Across 124 open chief engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $128,500 to $251,500 and the median is $215,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 7% above the median.
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About the job
...Gravitics is building a new orbital transfer vehicle to carry payloads to high-energy orbits, and we need one person to own it. As Chief Engineer, you will be the technical authority for the vehicle from architecture through first flight, leading all design, development,...