diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c1f28262e..612863dee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7108,6 +7108,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-network-p2p",
  "reth-stages-api",
  "reth-tasks",
+ "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
 ]
@@ -7722,6 +7723,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-consensus",
  "reth-db",
  "reth-e2e-test-utils",
+ "reth-ethereum-engine",
  "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives",
  "reth-ethereum-payload-builder",
  "reth-evm-ethereum",
@@ -7730,13 +7732,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-node-api",
  "reth-node-builder",
  "reth-node-core",
+ "reth-node-events",
  "reth-payload-builder",
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-rpc",
+ "reth-rpc-engine-api",
+ "reth-rpc-types",
+ "reth-tasks",
+ "reth-tokio-util",
  "reth-tracing",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c0d952fbb..f8a89cf91 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ reth-eth-wire = { path = "crates/net/eth-wire" }
 reth-eth-wire-types = { path = "crates/net/eth-wire-types" }
 reth-ethereum-cli = { path = "crates/ethereum/cli" }
 reth-ethereum-consensus = { path = "crates/ethereum/consensus" }
+reth-ethereum-engine = { path = "crates/ethereum/engine" }
 reth-ethereum-engine-primitives = { path = "crates/ethereum/engine-primitives" }
 reth-ethereum-forks = { path = "crates/ethereum-forks" }
 reth-ethereum-payload-builder = { path = "crates/ethereum/payload" }
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/engine/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum/engine/Cargo.toml
index 05fbc4386..492eb16bb 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ pin-project.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
 tokio-stream.workspace = true
 
+# misc
+thiserror.workspace = true
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-engine-tree = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/engine/src/service.rs b/crates/ethereum/engine/src/service.rs
index 0abf352ee..bb7e8b06b 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/engine/src/service.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/engine/src/service.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ where
 }
 
 /// Potential error returned by `EthService`.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("Eth service error.")]
 pub struct EthServiceError {}
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
index e333c7245..2cce8650d 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ workspace = true
 # reth
 reth-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-ethereum-engine-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-ethereum-engine.workspace = true
 reth-basic-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-ethereum-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-node-builder.workspace = true
@@ -26,10 +27,20 @@ reth-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-auto-seal-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-beacon-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-rpc.workspace = true
+reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
+reth-rpc-engine-api.workspace = true
 reth-node-api.workspace = true
+reth-tasks.workspace = true
+reth-tokio-util.workspace = true
+reth-node-events.workspace = true
+reth-node-core.workspace = true
+reth-exex.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 eyre.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true , features = ["sync"]}
+tokio-stream.workspace = true
+futures.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth.workspace = true
@@ -41,7 +52,6 @@ reth-node-core.workspace = true
 reth-e2e-test-utils.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-genesis.workspace = true
-futures.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/node/src/launch.rs b/crates/ethereum/node/src/launch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb699cea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/src/launch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+//! Launch the Ethereum node.
+
+use futures::{future::Either, stream, stream_select, StreamExt};
+use reth_beacon_consensus::{
+    hooks::{EngineHooks, PruneHook, StaticFileHook},
+    BeaconConsensusEngineHandle,
+};
+use reth_ethereum_engine::service::EthService;
+use reth_ethereum_engine_primitives::EthEngineTypes;
+use reth_exex::ExExManagerHandle;
+use reth_network::NetworkEvents;
+use reth_node_api::{FullNodeTypes, NodeAddOns};
+use reth_node_builder::{
+    hooks::NodeHooks,
+    rpc::{launch_rpc_servers, EthApiBuilderProvider},
+    AddOns, ExExLauncher, FullNode, LaunchContext, LaunchNode, NodeAdapter,
+    NodeBuilderWithComponents, NodeComponents, NodeComponentsBuilder, NodeHandle, NodeTypesAdapter,
+};
+use reth_node_core::{
+    dirs::{ChainPath, DataDirPath},
+    exit::NodeExitFuture,
+    rpc::eth::{helpers::AddDevSigners, FullEthApiServer},
+    version::{CARGO_PKG_VERSION, CLIENT_CODE, NAME_CLIENT, VERGEN_GIT_SHA},
+};
+use reth_node_events::{cl::ConsensusLayerHealthEvents, node};
+use reth_provider::providers::BlockchainProvider;
+use reth_rpc_engine_api::{capabilities::EngineCapabilities, EngineApi};
+use reth_rpc_types::engine::ClientVersionV1;
+use reth_tasks::TaskExecutor;
+use reth_tokio_util::EventSender;
+use reth_tracing::tracing::{debug, info};
+use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc::unbounded_channel, oneshot};
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
+
+/// The Ethereum node launcher.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct EthNodeLauncher {
+    /// The task executor for the node.
+    pub ctx: LaunchContext,
+}
+
+impl EthNodeLauncher {
+    /// Create a new instance of the ethereum node launcher.
+    pub const fn new(task_executor: TaskExecutor, data_dir: ChainPath<DataDirPath>) -> Self {
+        Self { ctx: LaunchContext::new(task_executor, data_dir) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, CB, AO> LaunchNode<NodeBuilderWithComponents<T, CB, AO>> for EthNodeLauncher
+where
+    T: FullNodeTypes<
+        Provider = BlockchainProvider<<T as FullNodeTypes>::DB>,
+        Engine = EthEngineTypes,
+    >,
+    CB: NodeComponentsBuilder<T>,
+    AO: NodeAddOns<NodeAdapter<T, CB::Components>>,
+    AO::EthApi:
+        EthApiBuilderProvider<NodeAdapter<T, CB::Components>> + FullEthApiServer + AddDevSigners,
+{
+    type Node = NodeHandle<NodeAdapter<T, CB::Components>, AO>;
+
+    async fn launch_node(
+        self,
+        target: NodeBuilderWithComponents<T, CB, AO>,
+    ) -> eyre::Result<Self::Node> {
+        let Self { ctx } = self;
+        let NodeBuilderWithComponents {
+            adapter: NodeTypesAdapter { database },
+            components_builder,
+            add_ons: AddOns { hooks, rpc, exexs: installed_exex },
+            config,
+        } = target;
+        let NodeHooks { on_component_initialized, on_node_started, .. } = hooks;
+
+        // setup the launch context
+        let ctx = ctx
+            .with_configured_globals()
+            // load the toml config
+            .with_loaded_toml_config(config)?
+            // add resolved peers
+            .with_resolved_peers().await?
+            // attach the database
+            .attach(database.clone())
+            // ensure certain settings take effect
+            .with_adjusted_configs()
+            // Create the provider factory
+            .with_provider_factory().await?
+            .inspect(|_| {
+                info!(target: "reth::cli", "Database opened");
+            })
+            .with_prometheus().await?
+            .inspect(|this| {
+                debug!(target: "reth::cli", chain=%this.chain_id(), genesis=?this.genesis_hash(), "Initializing genesis");
+            })
+            .with_genesis()?
+            .inspect(|this| {
+                info!(target: "reth::cli", "\n{}", this.chain_spec().display_hardforks());
+            })
+            .with_metrics()
+            // passing FullNodeTypes as type parameter here so that we can build
+            // later the components.
+            .with_blockchain_db::<T>()?
+            .with_components(components_builder, on_component_initialized).await?;
+
+        // spawn exexs
+        let exex_manager_handle = ExExLauncher::new(
+            ctx.head(),
+            ctx.node_adapter().clone(),
+            installed_exex,
+            ctx.configs().clone(),
+        )
+        .launch()
+        .await;
+
+        // create pipeline
+        let network_client = ctx.components().network().fetch_client().await?;
+        let (consensus_engine_tx, consensus_engine_rx) = unbounded_channel();
+
+        let max_block = ctx.max_block(network_client.clone()).await?;
+        let mut hooks = EngineHooks::new();
+
+        let static_file_producer = ctx.static_file_producer();
+        let static_file_producer_events = static_file_producer.lock().events();
+        hooks.add(StaticFileHook::new(
+            static_file_producer.clone(),
+            Box::new(ctx.task_executor().clone()),
+        ));
+        info!(target: "reth::cli", "StaticFileProducer initialized");
+
+        // Configure the pipeline
+        let pipeline_exex_handle =
+            exex_manager_handle.clone().unwrap_or_else(ExExManagerHandle::empty);
+        let pipeline = reth_node_builder::setup::build_networked_pipeline(
+            &ctx.toml_config().stages,
+            network_client.clone(),
+            ctx.consensus(),
+            ctx.provider_factory().clone(),
+            ctx.task_executor(),
+            ctx.sync_metrics_tx(),
+            ctx.prune_config(),
+            max_block,
+            static_file_producer,
+            ctx.components().block_executor().clone(),
+            pipeline_exex_handle,
+        )?;
+
+        let pipeline_events = pipeline.events();
+
+        // TODO: support --debug.tip
+        let _initial_target = ctx.node_config().debug.tip;
+
+        let mut pruner_builder = ctx.pruner_builder();
+        if let Some(exex_manager_handle) = &exex_manager_handle {
+            pruner_builder =
+                pruner_builder.finished_exex_height(exex_manager_handle.finished_height());
+        }
+        let pruner = pruner_builder.build_with_provider_factory(ctx.provider_factory().clone());
+
+        let pruner_events = pruner.events();
+        info!(target: "reth::cli", prune_config=?ctx.prune_config().unwrap_or_default(), "Pruner initialized");
+        hooks.add(PruneHook::new(pruner, Box::new(ctx.task_executor().clone())));
+
+        let (to_tree_tx, _to_tree_rx) = channel();
+        let (_from_tree_tx, from_tree_rx) = unbounded_channel();
+
+        // Configure the consensus engine
+        let eth_service = EthService::new(
+            ctx.chain_spec(),
+            network_client.clone(),
+            // to tree
+            to_tree_tx,
+            // from tree
+            from_tree_rx,
+            UnboundedReceiverStream::new(consensus_engine_rx),
+            pipeline,
+            Box::new(ctx.task_executor().clone()),
+        );
+
+        let event_sender = EventSender::default();
+
+        let beacon_engine_handle =
+            BeaconConsensusEngineHandle::new(consensus_engine_tx, event_sender);
+
+        info!(target: "reth::cli", "Consensus engine initialized");
+
+        let events = stream_select!(
+            ctx.components().network().event_listener().map(Into::into),
+            // TODO get engine events
+            pipeline_events.map(Into::into),
+            if ctx.node_config().debug.tip.is_none() && !ctx.is_dev() {
+                Either::Left(
+                    ConsensusLayerHealthEvents::new(Box::new(ctx.blockchain_db().clone()))
+                        .map(Into::into),
+                )
+            } else {
+                Either::Right(stream::empty())
+            },
+            pruner_events.map(Into::into),
+            static_file_producer_events.map(Into::into),
+        );
+        ctx.task_executor().spawn_critical(
+            "events task",
+            node::handle_events(
+                Some(Box::new(ctx.components().network().clone())),
+                Some(ctx.head().number),
+                events,
+                database.clone(),
+            ),
+        );
+
+        let client = ClientVersionV1 {
+            code: CLIENT_CODE,
+            name: NAME_CLIENT.to_string(),
+            version: CARGO_PKG_VERSION.to_string(),
+            commit: VERGEN_GIT_SHA.to_string(),
+        };
+        let engine_api = EngineApi::new(
+            ctx.blockchain_db().clone(),
+            ctx.chain_spec(),
+            beacon_engine_handle,
+            ctx.components().payload_builder().clone().into(),
+            Box::new(ctx.task_executor().clone()),
+            client,
+            EngineCapabilities::default(),
+        );
+        info!(target: "reth::cli", "Engine API handler initialized");
+
+        // extract the jwt secret from the args if possible
+        let jwt_secret = ctx.auth_jwt_secret()?;
+
+        // Start RPC servers
+        let (rpc_server_handles, rpc_registry) = launch_rpc_servers(
+            ctx.node_adapter().clone(),
+            engine_api,
+            ctx.node_config(),
+            jwt_secret,
+            rpc,
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+        // Run consensus engine to completion
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        info!(target: "reth::cli", "Starting consensus engine");
+        ctx.task_executor().spawn_critical_blocking("consensus engine", async move {
+            let res = eth_service.await;
+            let _ = tx.send(res);
+        });
+
+        let full_node = FullNode {
+            evm_config: ctx.components().evm_config().clone(),
+            block_executor: ctx.components().block_executor().clone(),
+            pool: ctx.components().pool().clone(),
+            network: ctx.components().network().clone(),
+            provider: ctx.node_adapter().provider.clone(),
+            payload_builder: ctx.components().payload_builder().clone(),
+            task_executor: ctx.task_executor().clone(),
+            rpc_server_handles,
+            rpc_registry,
+            config: ctx.node_config().clone(),
+            data_dir: ctx.data_dir().clone(),
+        };
+        // Notify on node started
+        on_node_started.on_event(full_node.clone())?;
+
+        let handle = NodeHandle {
+            node_exit_future: NodeExitFuture::new(
+                async { Ok(rx.await??) },
+                full_node.config.debug.terminate,
+            ),
+            node: full_node,
+        };
+
+        Ok(handle)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs
index 44ec6836c..e6ba86ead 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ pub use evm::{EthEvmConfig, EthExecutorProvider};
 
 pub mod node;
 pub use node::EthereumNode;
+
+pub mod launch;
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/builder.rs b/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/builder.rs
index 8d97db46c..32ebf2d22 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/tests/it/builder.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 use reth_db::test_utils::create_test_rw_db;
 use reth_node_builder::{FullNodeComponents, NodeBuilder, NodeConfig};
-use reth_node_ethereum::node::{EthereumAddOns, EthereumNode};
+use reth_node_ethereum::{
+    launch::EthNodeLauncher,
+    node::{EthereumAddOns, EthereumNode},
+};
+use reth_tasks::TaskManager;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_basic_setup() {
@@ -34,6 +38,22 @@ fn test_basic_setup() {
         .check_launch();
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_eth_launcher() {
+    let tasks = TaskManager::current();
+    let config = NodeConfig::test();
+    let db = create_test_rw_db();
+    let _builder = NodeBuilder::new(config)
+        .with_database(db)
+        .with_types::<EthereumNode>()
+        .with_components(EthereumNode::components())
+        .with_add_ons::<EthereumAddOns>()
+        .launch_with_fn(|builder| {
+            let launcher = EthNodeLauncher::new(tasks.executor(), builder.config.datadir());
+            builder.launch_with(launcher)
+        });
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_node_setup() {
     let config = NodeConfig::test();
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/builder/states.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/builder/states.rs
index 0a357cf05..33ffd7901 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/builder/states.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/builder/states.rs
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ impl<T: FullNodeTypes> NodeBuilderWithTypes<T> {
 }
 
 /// Container for the node's types and the database the node uses.
-pub(crate) struct NodeTypesAdapter<T: FullNodeTypes> {
+pub struct NodeTypesAdapter<T: FullNodeTypes> {
     /// The database type used by the node.
-    pub(crate) database: T::DB,
+    pub database: T::DB,
 }
 
 impl<T: FullNodeTypes> NodeTypesAdapter<T> {
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ pub struct NodeBuilderWithComponents<
     AO: NodeAddOns<NodeAdapter<T, CB::Components>>,
 > {
     /// All settings for how the node should be configured.
-    pub(crate) config: NodeConfig,
+    pub config: NodeConfig,
     /// Adapter for the underlying node types and database
-    pub(crate) adapter: NodeTypesAdapter<T>,
+    pub adapter: NodeTypesAdapter<T>,
     /// container for type specific components
-    pub(crate) components_builder: CB,
+    pub components_builder: CB,
     /// Additional node extensions.
-    pub(crate) add_ons: AddOns<NodeAdapter<T, CB::Components>, AO>,
+    pub add_ons: AddOns<NodeAdapter<T, CB::Components>, AO>,
 }
 
 impl<T, CB> NodeBuilderWithComponents<T, CB, ()>
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs
index f6269abde..31403d224 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl<'a, Node: FullNodeComponents, EthApi> RpcContext<'a, Node, EthApi> {
 }
 
 /// Launch the rpc servers.
-pub(crate) async fn launch_rpc_servers<Node, Engine, EthApi>(
+pub async fn launch_rpc_servers<Node, Engine, EthApi>(
     node: Node,
     engine_api: Engine,
     config: &NodeConfig,