Propulsion Integration Manager — MIURA 5 Launch Vehicle

PLD Space

Elche

On-site

EUR 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

PLD Space in Elche, Spain, seeks a propulsion integration leader to drive all MIURA 5 integration activities. You will coordinate engine, turbopump, gas generator, and TCA interfaces, ensuring configurations meet design, safety, and reliability standards.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team of technicians and engineers, manage integration planning, troubleshoot issues during testing, and support post-test analysis to optimize vehicle readiness for launches.

Qualifications

10+ years of aerospace propulsion integration, engine assembly, turbomachinery, or launch vehicle operations experience.
Strong understanding of propulsion systems, fluid systems, valves, actuators, instrumentation, and launch vehicle integration.
Experience leading multidisciplinary technical integration teams.

Responsibilities

Lead propulsion integration activities for MIURA 5 launch vehicles.
Coordinate installation, checkout, and validation of propulsion systems.
Ensure compliance with configurations, procedures, schedules, and quality requirements.
Maintain operational readiness of propulsion integration teams and facilities.
Coordinate engine, turbopump, gas generator, and TCA integrations.

Skills

Propulsion integration

Leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Mechanical systems

Safety-focused leadership

Job description

About PLD Space

PLD Space is an international companyon 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 hasestablisheditself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsulepositionthe company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Spaceoperatesover 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

Responsible for the planning, coordination, execution, and verification of all propulsion integration activities associated with the MIURA 5 launch vehicle.Ensures propulsion hardware, engines, turbomachinery, gas generator systems, TCA systems, piping, valves, actuators, sensors, and interfaces are properly integrated and validated.Acts as the interface between propulsion engineering, manufacturing, vehicle integration, avionics integration, structures integration, test operations, and launch operations.

Propulsion Integration Leadership

Lead all propulsion integration activities for MIURA 5 launch vehicles.
Coordinate assembly, installation, integration, checkout, and validation of propulsion systems.
Ensure compliance with approved configurations, procedures, schedules, and quality requirements.
Maintain operational readiness of propulsion integration teams and facilities.

Engine Assembly Integration

Coordinate engine assembly integration into launch vehicle stages.
Ensure engine interfaces, alignments, and mounting configurations meet vehicle requirements.
Coordinate engine handling, installation, and mate operations.
Support engine integration troubleshooting and nonconformance resolution.

Turbopump Integration

Coordinate turbopump installation and integration activities.
Ensure fluid, structural, and instrumentation interfaces are validated.
Support alignment verification and integration inspections.
Coordinate turbomachinery integration troubleshooting.

Gas Generator Integration

Coordinate gas generator integration and installation activities.
Ensure interfaces with fluid, avionics, and thermal systems are correctly integrated.
Support ignition system validation and anomaly resolution.

TCA Integration

Coordinate installation and integration of thrust control actuation systems.
Ensure hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, and software interfaces are properly verified.
Support actuator calibration and checkout activities.
Coordinate validation with avionics and GNC teams.

RCS & Fluid/Piping Integration

Coordinate installation and integration of propulsion piping and fluid systems.
Coordinate leak checks, pressure testing, purge validation, and cleanliness verification.
Ensure valves, regulators, sensors, and actuators are correctly integrated and traceable.
Support troubleshooting of fluid and pneumatic system anomalies.

Sensors, Valves & Instrumentation Integration

Ensure propulsion instrumentation is correctly installed and validated.
Coordinate interfaces with avionics integration teams.
Support calibration and functional checkout activities.
Maintain configuration control of instrumentation hardware.

Integrated Testing & Launch Campaign Support

Support propulsion integration during hot-fire testing and integrated vehicle test campaigns.
Coordinate propulsion readiness during launch countdown operations.
Support troubleshooting and anomaly resolution during launch campaigns.
Support post-test and post-flight inspections.

Configuration & Quality Control

Ensure propulsion integration activities comply with approved engineering configurations and documentation.
Maintain traceability of propulsion hardware and configuration changes.
Support nonconformance resolution and corrective action implementation.

Team Leadership & Organization

Lead propulsion integration technicians, engineers, and operational support personnel.
Define roles, responsibilities, and accountability within propulsion integration teams.
Support staffing, training, and development of propulsion integration personnel.
Promote operational discipline and safety culture.

Required Qualifications

10+ years of aerospace propulsion integration, engine assembly, turbomachinery integration, or launch vehicle operations experience.
Strong understanding of propulsion systems, fluid systems, valves, actuators, instrumentation, and launch vehicle integration.
Experience supporting propulsion testing and launch campaigns.
Experience leading multidisciplinary technical integration teams.

Key Skills

Strong propulsion integration mindset
Mechanical and fluid systems troubleshooting capability
Cross-functional coordination skills
Operational leadership under schedule pressure
Strong configuration discipline
Safety-focused operational leadership

Reporting Structure

Reports directly to the Launch Vehicle Integration Director or designated vehicle integration leadership, including MIURA 5 Launch Vehicle Chief Designer.
Works closely withMIURA 5ChiefDesigner, Propulsion Engineering leadership, Turbomachinery Engineering leadership, Test & Qualification, Vehicle Integration, and Launch Operations.

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