Thruster Technical Owner

The Exploration Company
France
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeEUR 62,000 - 88,000 annuallyFunction: People, HR & TalentSkills: ["Communication","Technical reasoning","Risk management","Collaboration","Technical judgment"]

Own the technical follow-up of Nyx Earth thruster assemblies supplied for the Nyx vehicle. You will define and maintain the thruster technical baseline (requirements, interfaces, verification, qualification logic, and acceptance criteria), track the supplier development and hot-fire evidence path, and review deliverables for evidence and non-conformance. Partner across propulsion, GNC, avionics, AIT/MAIT, test, safety, procurement, and operations to support integration, flight-data review, and abnormal behavior recovery.

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The Exploration Company
The Exploration Company
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Thruster Technical Owner

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Job Summary

Own the technical follow-up of Nyx Earth thruster assemblies supplied for the Nyx vehicle. You will define and maintain the thruster technical baseline (requirements, interfaces, verification, qualification logic, and acceptance criteria), track the supplier development and hot-fire evidence path, and review deliverables for evidence and non-conformance. Partner across propulsion, GNC, avionics, AIT/MAIT, test, safety, procurement, and operations to support integration, flight-data review, and abnormal behavior recovery.
Location: France
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the assigned thruster technical baseline, including requirements, interfaces, verification methods, performance needs, qualification logic, review data, and acceptance criteria.
  • •Maintain a system-level view of thruster interfaces across fluidic, mechanical, thermal, electrical, command, GNC, FDIR, safety, operations, and vehicle design.
  • •Drive the supplier development and hot-fire evidence paths, including qualification and acceptance test logic, review sequence, and flight-hardware decision path.
  • •Review supplier deliverables (analyses, drawings, procedures, inspection evidence, test results, review packages, and non-conformance inputs) and support technical decision-making based on maturity and evidence quality.
  • •Support AIT/MAIT preparation, integration, test, operations preparation, flight-data review, and treatment of abnormal thruster behavior.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 62,000 - 88,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Strong aerospace, mechanical, propulsion, or related engineering background.
  • •Experience with spacecraft liquid propulsion hardware, ideally bipropellant thrusters and thruster components, including hot-fire testing and qualification.
  • •Proven ability to own supplier follow-up across requirements, interfaces, qualification, delivery, integration, and anomaly support.
  • •Strong system-engineering judgment across propulsion, GNC, avionics, vehicle design, AIT/MAIT, quality, PA, safety, and operations interfaces.
  • •Ability to communicate clearly with suppliers, engineers, program leadership, procurement, quality, test, and operations stakeholders.
Skills:CommunicationTechnical reasoningRisk managementCollaborationTechnical judgment
Languages:EnglishFrenchGerman
Tech Stack:GNCFDIRAIT/MAITHot-fire testing

Company Brief

The Exploration Company
Designs and develops reusable crewed and cargo spacecraft for low Earth orbit missions. The company builds orbital transfer and return vehicles to enable routine transportation, research, and commercial services in space.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Founded: 2018
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