Lead Test Operations: Propulsion & Space Hardware

PAVE Space SA.; Villeneuve (FR); Remote; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PAVE Space SA. is looking for a leader to run the test operations for a 45kN rocket engine program, coordinating propulsion engineers, technicians, and safety teams on-site in Villeneuve (VD).

You will drive readiness reviews, countdown discipline, and post-test analyses, ensuring safety, quality, and rapid decision making under demanding aerospace conditions. The role requires hands-on bench testing experience, strong knowledge of propulsion systems, and the ability to push for fast,

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading or coordinating complex test operations in propulsion, aerospace, turbomachinery, or high reliability hardware environments.
• Hands-on experience with test benches, facility commissioning, and campaign execution.
• Experience writing and enforcing clear procedures, checklists, safety logic, and operational constraints.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day test operations across propulsion and spacecraft hardware, from component testing through integrated engine hot-fire.
• Own test readiness reviews, go/no-go logic, countdown discipline, redlines, abort criteria, and post-test reviews.
• Develop and maintain test procedures, operating checklists, commissioning plans, anomaly response, and recovery procedures.
• Coordinate propulsion engineers, test bench engineers, technicians, data engineers, and safety teams through preparation, execution, and post-test analysis.
• Ensure test benches and facilities are ready: instrumentation, DAQ, controls, safety interlocks, fluid systems, and ground support equipment.
• Drive anomaly investigations from the operations side and ensure corrective actions close before the next test.

Skills

Test operations leadership

Propulsion testing

Aerospace experience

Fluent English

Safety leadership

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Test benches

DAQ systems

Instrumentation

Controls

Job description

PAVE Space SA. is looking for a leader to run the test operations for a 45kN rocket engine program, coordinating propulsion engineers, technicians, and safety teams on-site in Villeneuve (VD).

You will drive readiness reviews, countdown discipline, and post-test analyses, ensuring safety, quality, and rapid decision making under demanding aerospace conditions. The role requires hands-on bench testing experience, strong knowledge of propulsion systems, and the ability to push for fast,