Propulsion system engineer

Sorontar; Paris; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary €80,000–€100,000 gross per year

Equity

Full ownership of your scope

Leverage with software, automation and

Job summary

Sorontar is seeking a propulsion engineer to own system-level propulsion decisions for our weapons portfolio. You will determine whether propulsion is developed in-house or bought and collaborate with prototyping, mechanical and aerodynamics teams to deliver reliable solutions.

You will help grow the propulsion team as the company expands, with a focus on reducing risk while maintaining ambitious performance. Fluent in French and English, you will work on-site in France.

Qualifications

• Experienced propulsion engineer with a holistic view of propulsion systems.
• Strong skills in parametric design and risk-informed decision making.
• Proficient in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Define propulsion for each weapon, deciding whether to develop in-house or purchase from external suppliers.
• Develop reliable propulsion solutions with the prototyping, mechanical and aerodynamics teams.
• As the company grows, build the propulsion team.

Skills

Propulsion engineering

Parametric design

Team building

Job description

Sorontar is a team of engineers and scientists working to rearm France and its allies. Backed by world-class defense investors and angels, we are building a universal weapon architecture where software, design and manufacturing come together to produce more, faster and at lower cost. A product like this calls for a different kind of company. In most large organizations, layers of management stand between people and their work: ownership fades, knowledge travels slowly and energy goes into coordination. We chose the opposite. We keep Sorontar flat and give that energy back to the work, which is why we look for people who need no management once the direction is set. If a lean team driven by its mission is where you do your best work, you will feel at home here.

What you'll get to do

At Sorontar, you will be in charge of propulsion at the system level. For each of our weapons, you will decide whether its propulsion is developed in-house or bought from an external supplier. This requires a good knowledge of the industrial landscape, and when needed our Sentinels can be deployed to help you find and approach the right partners. For our in-house studies, you will develop reliable propulsion solutions together with the prototyping, mechanical and aerodynamics teams, whether they are solid motors, rocket engines or turbojets. As the company grows, you will build the propulsion team.

Your profile

You have worked as a propulsion engineer and you have a very good understanding of how a propulsion system works as a whole. You are very strong in parametric design, and you know how to make the design and test choices that remove as much risk as possible from our prototypes while keeping our ambitions high. You work in French and English.

What will set you apart

Ideally you have already worked on propulsion at the scale of defense systems.

Broader experience in rocket engine architecture, solid propellants for ballistic systems or aircraft engines would also be extremely valuable.

We give priority to candidates with at least a first professional experience, and for candidates early in their career, we look closely at degrees and training.

People who thrive at Sorontar also share four traits:

• You are an owner.
• You treat problems as your own and carry them through to the result without waiting to be asked.
• The mission stays with you.
• You keep thinking about the problem, because solving it matters to you.
• You are measured by what you deliver.
• The result counts more to you than how busy you look.
• You decide with facts.
• Evidence weighs more for you than opinions, including your own.

What's critical to us

We are looking for brilliant, fearless and good people, and we deeply believe that people do not fit into boxes. Yet while a person is a continuum of qualities, a hiring decision is a yes or a no. To make the best decision possible, we assess every candidate on six criteria, grouped in pairs in the matrices below. Make sure you see the graphs on our career page: here. Brilliant. Talent without responsibility leaves potential unused, and responsibility without talent reaches its limits quickly. We look for people who combine the ability to solve hard problems with the drive to see them through. Fearless. Courage without judgment leads to reckless decisions, and judgment without courage turns into commentary. We look for people who see clearly and act on what they see. Good. Integrity without warmth makes a team hard to work in, and warmth without integrity is charm that does not last. We look for people others can rely on and enjoy working with.

Our commitment to you

The best companies are the ones where you work alongside the best colleagues. Our first commitment is to surround you with people you learn from every day, which is why we hire with great care.

• Highly competitive salary. We offer €80,000 to €100,000 gross per year, positioned according to your experience. From there, your compensation follows a clear trajectory that rewards the scope and impact of your missions.
• Equity. Your salary rewards your time, and your equity gives you a share of what your work creates.
• Full ownership of your scope. You choose how to reach the results you are responsible for, and what counts is the outcome.
• Leverage. We give you software, automation and the right tools so that your impact grows faster than your workload.
• Judgment over seniority. Your influence grows with the quality of your decisions, not with your title or your age.

The essentials.

• Days off, full life insurance, lunch covered, and more.

Important information

• Remote policy: Our work relies on close collaboration and on our ability to adapt quickly, so we have a no-remote work policy.
• Contract: We only offer full-time permanent contracts (CDI).
• Security and access: Work at Sorontar falls into three categories. Research takes place in restricted-access zones (ZRR) and requires an access authorization. Applied technology builds on known and publicly available technologies and