Propulsion Hot-Fire Test Lead

PAVE Space SA; Villeneuve (VD); Remote; CHF 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

PAVE Space SA in Switzerland invites engineers to join the LYOBA project, building a 45kN engine and leading propulsion test campaigns from planning to data-driven improvements. This role is on-site in Villeneuve (VD) with the test site in Chavalon, and involves coordinating across design, fluidics, controls, and manufacturing.

You will own test campaigns, define objectives, analyze data, and ensure safety and repeatability, turning hot-fire results into actionable design recommendations.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on propulsion/test engineering experience.
• Experience planning/executing hot-fire or related tests.
• Strong understanding of rocket engine operation (combustion, feed, ignition, cooling).
• Experience with instrumentation, DAQ, controls, and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and execute propulsion test campaigns end to end (combustion chambers, injectors, turbomachinery, and integrated engine systems).
• Define test objectives, success criteria, operating points, redlines, abort logic, instrumentation requirements, and countdown procedures.
• Analyze test data (pressure, temperature, flow, vibration, speed, strain); identify anomalies and lead root-cause investigations; turn results into design recommendations.
• Collaborate with propulsion design, fluidics, controls, test bench, and manufacturing teams to close the loop between hot-fire data and hardware improvements.
• Ensure every test is safe, repeatable, traceable, and useful for engineering decisions.

Skills

Propulsion testing

Test data analysis

Instrumentation/DAQ

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

English fluency

Job description

PAVE Space SA in Switzerland invites engineers to join the LYOBA project, building a 45kN engine and leading propulsion test campaigns from planning to data-driven improvements. This role is on-site in Villeneuve (VD) with the test site in Chavalon, and involves coordinating across design, fluidics, controls, and manufacturing.

You will own test campaigns, define objectives, analyze data, and ensure safety and repeatability, turning hot-fire results into actionable design recommendations.