S

Stoke Space

Fully reusable rocket launch provider.

Executive Assistant - Boltline Leadership Team

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$58.1k - $87.2k+ Stock options + 401(k) match
Senior
Kent, WA, USA
In PersonOnsite coordination is part of the role.
Administrative & Executive AssistanceExecutive Support
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 5 years of executive administrative experience, including direct support for a General Manager, Chief Executive Officer, or comparable senior business leader.
  • Experience supporting multiple executives and navigating competing priorities in a fast-moving organization.
  • Excellent judgment, discretion, attention to detail, and written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong calendar, travel, meeting, and event coordination skills, with a record of anticipating needs and following through reliably.
  • Comfort working with incomplete information, asking useful questions, recommending a path forward, and adapting as priorities change.
  • A hands-on approach and willingness to handle both complex coordination and everyday administrative tasks.
  • Proficiency with productivity and collaboration tools, including calendars, email, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and shared workspaces.
  • Ability to build effective relationships across leadership, employees, external partners, and shared-services teams.
Responsibilities
  • Manage the General Manager’s calendar and coordinate scheduling across the leadership team, using an understanding of business priorities to resolve conflicts and protect time for critical work.
  • Anticipate preparation needs, deadlines, and scheduling issues; surface tradeoffs early and recommend practical solutions.
  • Coordinate travel, itineraries, expenses, and related logistics, including adjustments when plans change.
  • Handle sensitive business and personnel information with sound judgment and discretion; communicate professionally on behalf of leaders when authorized.
  • Coordinate leadership meetings, planning sessions, business reviews, and offsites, including scheduling, agendas, materials, rooms, and logistics.
  • Partner with meeting owners to ensure inputs arrive on time and leaders have the information they need before discussions.
  • Capture decisions and action items as needed, maintain organized records, and follow up with owners on commitments and deadlines.
  • Help prepare and organize presentations, briefing materials, and internal communications for executive review.
  • Organize team events, all-hands meetings, customer and partner visits, and other activities that support a productive workplace.
  • Coordinate visitor arrangements, meeting spaces, catering, and onsite logistics with Boltline and Stoke Space partners.
  • Support office and facilities needs, supplies, vendor scheduling, purchases, and employee onboarding logistics in partnership with the responsible teams.
  • Take ownership of varied administrative and operational projects, clarifying the outcome, coordinating contributors, and carrying work through completion.
  • Build simple, repeatable processes, templates, and checklists that improve coordination as the company grows.
  • Identify gaps, recurring friction, and upcoming needs; recommend improvements and act within agreed authority.
  • Balance support requests across leaders, making priorities and capacity tradeoffs visible when needs compete.
Desired Qualifications
  • Startup or growth-stage experience is strongly preferred.

About the company

Stoke Space is developing Nova rockets with full stage reuse to enable high-cadence, lower-cost access to orbit for commercial satellite operators and government missions. The rockets are designed for rapid reuse of both stages, supporting frequent flights and lower operating costs compared to expendable or partially reusable fleets. The company is progressing toward its first orbital flight with Nova Pathfinder around early 2027, followed by Nova Block 2 capable of lifting about 15 metric tons to low Earth orbit later in the decade. Stoke aims to accelerate reusable launch development and establish a dependable, high-frequency launch capability for customers.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$2.5B

Headquarters

Kent, Washington

Founded

2019

Get referred to Stoke Space

See people who can refer or advise you

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Sept. 8, 2026 Reuters said the round values Stoke near $10 billion.
  • Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral advances, giving Stoke a real Florida pad.
  • Kevin Weil joined the board in 2026, strengthening software, product, and fundraising credibility.

What critics are saying

  • Nova Pathfinder slips past 2027, delaying revenue and handing customers to SpaceX.
  • Any 2027 orbital failure stalls certification, burns cash, and forces another expensive redesign.
  • Block 2 faces a brutal capital wall; one slip risks a stranded, pre-revenue company.

What makes Stoke Space unique

  • 100% reusable Nova architecture targets both stages, unlike partial-reuse Falcon-class rivals.
  • Sept. 2026 Series E lifted total capital to $2.3 billion, funding full-stack reuse.
  • Nova Block 2 targets 15 tons to LEO, pairing medium-lift capacity with rapid turnaround.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Vacation
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

1%
MarketScreener
Oct 26th, 2026
Stoke Space lands $150M Pentagon loan commitment to build second Cape Canaveral launchpad

The US Defense Department has signed a $150 million conditional loan commitment with Stoke Space Technologies, a reusable-rocket startup. Stoke will use the money to build its second launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital said the commitment "more broadly supports the expansion of U.S. launch capacity, which is required to meet the rising demand for commercial and national security space launch by the United States Space Force." The loan follows the initial closing of a $1 billion Series E round in September. Stoke said the round brings its total capital raised to $2.3 billion and will speed development of its Nova Block 2 launch vehicle. Stoke targets early 2027 for the first orbital launch of its Nova Pathfinder. Its backers include Point72 Ventures and Y Combinator.

Stoke Space
Sep 9th, 2026
Stoke Space Raises $1 Billion to Accelerate Fully Reusable Launch

Seamless mobility to, through, and from space. Nova is built for 100% reusability, from the start.

Main-Post
Sep 8th, 2026
Porsche SE invests low double-digit millions in US rocket firm Stoke Space

Porsche SE, the majority shareholder of Volkswagen, has invested in US rocket company Stoke Space Technologies. The Stuttgart-based holding company of the Porsche and Piëch families committed a low double-digit million euro amount to the space venture. Stoke Space is developing a two-stage carrier rocket designed for full reusability, enabling higher launch frequency and significantly lower costs than conventional rockets. According to Porsche SE chief Hans Dieter Pötsch, this approach is similar to Elon Musk's SpaceX, which currently dominates the rocket launch market. This marks Porsche SE's second investment in the space sector. In 2021, the holding company invested in Bavarian rocket startup Isar Aerospace, acquiring a low single-digit percentage stake. Stoke Space's "Nova" rocket is scheduled for its first launch in early 2027.

Bloomberg
Aug 13th, 2026
Stoke Space Is Raising $1 Billion to Fund Flagship Nova Rocket

Stoke Space Technologies Inc. is raising $1 billion to accelerate development and production of a fully reusable rocket to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX, people familiar with the matter said.

Associated Press
Jul 8th, 2026
Former OpenAI executive Kevin Weil joins Stoke Space board as reusable rocket firm eyes commercial operations

Stoke Space has appointed Kevin Weil to its board of directors. Weil brings over 20 years of technology leadership experience from roles at OpenAI, Planet Labs, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Most recently, he served as vice president of science at OpenAI, focusing on applying AI to scientific discovery. Stoke Space is developing Nova, a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle. The company aims to provide low-cost, on-demand space transport with aircraft-like frequency. Weil was part of management teams that took Twitter and Planet public and helped scale Instagram and ChatGPT into global platforms. Stoke's technology development has been funded by the US Space Force, DIU, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Weil holds degrees in physics and mathematics from Harvard and Stanford.