Propellant Feed System Engineer

The Exploration Company • France

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AI Summary

Own the functional architecture and performance of the storable bipropellant propellant feed system for a MON3-MMH propulsion system. Define system-level requirements, develop fluid models, and lead verification and testing from cold-flow to hot-fire. Collaborate across design, test, and operations functions throughout the vehicle lifecycle.

Key Highlights

Lead functional architecture and performance of storable bipropellant feed system

Develop and maintain fluid system models for pressure drop, flow rates, and failure modes

Perform cold-flow, functional, and hot-fire testing and correlate with predictive models

Support integration, qualification, and operations reviews across vehicle lifecycle

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Key Responsibilities

Define and maintain functional architecture of the feed system including tanks, lines, valves, filters, thrusters, and instrumentation

Perform system-level sizing, sensitivity analyses, and functional simulations

Develop functional requirements for subsystems based on propellant system analyses

Identify key verification and validation steps at system and subsystem levels

Develop and maintain fluid system models (steady-state and transient) to predict pressure drop, flow rates, water hammer, thruster cross-coupling, and priming behavior

Analyze failure modes (leakage, contamination, cavitation, fluid hammer) and define mitigation strategies and design margins

Lead functional and performance verification including cold-flow, functional, and hot-fire tests from component to assembly level

Correlate test data against predictive models and update margins/requirements accordingly

Support integration, qualification, and operations reviews (design reviews, FMEA, test readiness reviews)

Interface across design, test, and operations functions throughout the vehicle lifecycle

Technical Skills Required

Python Fluid mechanics Propulsion system design

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Benefits & Perks

€50K - €82.5K annual salary

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

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Nice to Have

Experience with storable propulsion systems

Fluency in German or French

Job Description

Here at The Exploration Company, we are building innovative aerospace technologies that advance the future of space transportation.You will own the functional architecture and performance of the propellant feed system for a storable bipropellant propulsion system (MON3-MMH system). You will be responsible for ensuring the feed system delivers propellants to the thrusters within required specifications across the full mission envelope — from ground fill through operation, and recovery.System Architecture

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