# Propulsion Development Engineer

Here at The Exploration Company, we are building spacecraft for humanity. We want you as a talented Propulsion Development Engineer to help us in our mission by supporting in the development, manufacturing and testing of the Nyx Earth Propulsion systems. In order to qualify the propulsion systems a multitude of tests will be required spanning from functional tests, cold flows to system level hotfires. This testing will allow for the verification and validation of all the propulsion subsystems. You will be designing test rigs to validate flight design, assembling and lastly performing the testing on the test rigs to provide critical data needed to validate simulation models. You will report to the Propulsion Development Models Principal Engineer. Key responsibilities : In your capacity as a Propulsion Development Engineer, you will be responsible for the on-time and on-cost design, development and testing activities linked to the propulsion sub-systems. Your role will be continuously evolving, but day-to-day responsibilities will include: During the Design Phase; Define and maintain the test objectives and requirements Establish and justify, together with the pressure and fluidic s

- **Id**: 3985213
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/the-exploration-company-propulsion-development-engineer>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Bordeaux, France
- **Countries**: FR
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T17:57:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T21:23:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4950
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- **Benefits**: Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 51900
- **Name**: The Exploration Company
- **Domain**: exploration.space
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/the-exploration-company>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.2
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T21:23:36Z

## Visa

- Country: FR; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 33; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 33 of its adverts here in 24 months; Cap exempt: no

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 90
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T23:42:17Z

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