Propulsion Design Engineer, Components

PLD Space; Elche; Presencial; EUR 42.000 - 68.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance discount

Flexible work schedule

Professional development

Restaurant tickets

Descripción de la vacante

PLD Space in Elche, Spain, is seeking an experienced Test Article Engineer to advance propulsion system development for its MIURA rocket family. You will design, document, and analyze hardware components from concept through delivery, ensuring reliability in extreme environments.

The role involves CAD design in NX, drawing generation, and supporting test campaigns at Teruel facilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage risk and improve manufacturing processes.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of propulsion system development experience.

Responsabilidades

• Conceptual and detailed designs in CAD for propulsion system components.
• Generate and review drawings, reports, and technical specifications.
• Test specification and data analysis, with the ability to support test campaigns in Teruel Facilities as Test Article Engineer.
• Communicating with project stakeholders internal and external to the team. Primary analysis, manufacturing, integration and testing teams.
• Make technical risk‑based decisions to identify the right solution for engineering challenges.
• Contributing to engineering process development and documentation.

Conocimientos

Propulsion system development

High-performance engineering

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Herramientas

NX CAD

Teamcenter PLM

Descripción del empleo

About PLD Space

PLD Space is an international company on a mission to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Space operates over 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to provide comprehensive satellite and payload launch services into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous, independent satellite space access capability, based on reliability at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer best-in‑class launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies and national and international governmental entities

Mission

The Propulsion Components team serve as hardware experts across fluid and mechanical devices that drive critical capabilities on the MIURA rocket family, from valves and actuators to ground‑flight quick disconnects and more. You will demonstrate extreme ownership through deep understanding of the functionality, design, and requirements from concept to delivery of hardware. The team design, develop and characterize components for simplicity, manufacturability and reliability in extreme environments, with temperatures ranging from 80 to 800 K, and pressures beyond 400 bar.

Responsibilities

• Conceptual and detailed designs in CAD for propulsion system components
• Generate and review drawings, reports, and technical specifications
• Test specification and data analysis, with the ability to support test campaigns in Teruel Facilities as Test Article Engineer
• Communicating with project stakeholders internal and external to the team. Primary analysis, manufacturing, integration and testing teams
• Make technical risk‑based decisions to identify the right solution for engineering challenges
• Contributing to engineering process development and documentation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in propulsion system development or other high‑performance field

Desirable Qualifications

• Detailed mechanical design experience using NX or equivalent CAD software, and PLM software such as Teamcenter
• End‑to‑end development experience including requirements, detailed design, qualification, production, and acceptance testing
• Experience in the design and development of pressurized and cryogenic mechanical components.
• GD&T and engineering drawing experience
• Experience in testing and troubleshooting flight hardware

Benefits

Health & Wellness

• Physiotherapy within our facilities
• 50% discount on your health insurance
• You can sign‑up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
• Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

• 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st
• Flexible work schedule

Never stop learning

• We encourage practical learning
• We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

• Childcare flexible contributions
• Restaurant tickets
• Transport flexible contributions
• Training support

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

• Teamwork.
• Hard work.
• Dynamism.
• Commitment.
• Keep it simple.

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!