Propulsion Component Engineer for Lunar Lander Systems

Vsquared; Bordeaux; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Exploration Company is seeking a Propulsion Engineer to own the technical follow-up of secondary components for Huracan, our lunar lander main engine. You will collaborate across engineering, procurement, QA, MAIT/AIT, and suppliers to ensure components are mature, qualified, and ready for integration.

You will lead design reviews, problem-solving, and test strategy, while ensuring interfaces meet mechanical, fluidic, thermal, electrical and safety requirements.

Qualifications

• Engineering background in aerospace, mechanical, propulsion, fluids, electrical, instrumentation, or related discipline.
• Experience designing hardware including CAD, drawings, design reviews, manufacturing, assembly, and interfaces.
• Experience managing technical follow-up of suppliers and manufacturing partners through development, testing, qualification, delivery, and integration.
• Knowledge of verification, qualification, acceptance testing, failure modes, root-cause investigation, and test campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical follow-up of assigned components through concept to qualification.
• Provide hands-on technical support for component design and industrialisation, including CAD review and DFMA.
• Define and maintain the technical baseline for each component with interfaces, standards, and verification criteria.
• Maintain a system-level view of component interfaces including mechanical, fluidic, thermal, electrical and safety aspects.
• Define and drive development, qualification, acceptance, and integration test strategies and reviews.
• Review test results and supplier evidence to confirm performance, robustness, and production-readiness.
• Lead technical interface with suppliers, manufacturing partners, and test houses.
• Identify, communicate, and manage technical risks, anomalies and corrective actions.
• Support MAIT/AIT, integration, testing, and operations preparation.

Skills

Component follow-up

Supplier liaison

CAD reviews

Design for manufacture

Test analysis

Tools

CAD

Job description

The Exploration Company is seeking a Propulsion Engineer to own the technical follow-up of secondary components for Huracan, our lunar lander main engine. You will collaborate across engineering, procurement, QA, MAIT/AIT, and suppliers to ensure components are mature, qualified, and ready for integration.

You will lead design reviews, problem-solving, and test strategy, while ensuring interfaces meet mechanical, fluidic, thermal, electrical and safety requirements.