Propulsion Architect

Aerospacelab France team develops key technologies for future satellite platform and strategy for in-orbit logistic missions, provides system engineering studies, and supports product manufacturing and integration on the platform. We work in close collaboration with other teams based in Belgium : Mechanical design team, Avionic design Teams and Integration team.

As propulsion architect, your role will be to develop a propulsive system, from the concept to the in-flight validation.

Activities :

• Participate to the definition of the High Level Requirement of the propulsive system
• Defined and  execute the development plan of the propulsive system, ( design, tests and qualification phases) in an incremental approach, in  strong collaboration with the system engineers and the avionic engineers.
• Design of the propulsive sub-system, including tanks, thrusters, valves and piping
• Manage the trade off on propulsive system
• Develop institutionnal partnership with University or Laboratory in the propulsion field
• Support preparation and execution of internal and customer technical and project reviews

Must have

• 5 – 10 years experience in the fields mentioned above
• Working experience on propulsion for space application
• Excellent detailed technical communication skills in both directions to/from satellite and system engineering team across all disciplines
• Excellent technical and programmatic communication skills in both directions to/from customer representatives, and internal project management, procurement, project financial control, assembly integration & test departments
• Able to simplify and explain as appropriate to the audience with good and synthetic overviews
• capacity to synthesis information
• Fluent in English, any other language is an asset