Valve Test Engineer

The Exploration Company - Bordeaux, France - Global - Engineering & Technical

Here at The Exploration Company, we are building spacecrafts for humanity.


We want you as a highly talented Valve Test Engineer II, to help us advance our mission by leading cryogenic valve testing for our high-thrust engine. You will be the primary engineer responsible for defining, planning, executing, and closing valve development test campaigns.


Key responsibilities:

In your capacity as a cryogenic Valve Test Engineer II, your role will be continuously evolving, but day to day your duties will include:

  • Own the valve component-level development test execution for Storm

  • Translate engineering questions and requirements into test plans, matrices, procedures, and success criteria

  • Define test sequencing, configurations, instrumentation, data needs, and readiness criteria

  • Coordinate hardware, test bench, facility, calibration, safety, and operational preparation

  • Lead safety analysis and test readiness reviews and drive campaign execution through completion

  • Execute and oversee functional, pressure, flow, transient, environmental, endurance, and other campaign-specific tests

  • Analyse test data, assess anomalies, and distinguish hardware behaviour from test-system effects

  • Produce clear test reports with conclusions, limitations, recommendations, and requirement traceability

  • Drive root-cause investigations and use test evidence to guide design iterations and follow-on testing

  • Act as the valve-test focal point across design, analysis, manufacturing, quality, systems, and integration teams


Qualifications:

  • Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, propulsion, or a closely related discipline

  • 3-4 years of experience planning and executing hardware development or qualification tests, ideally involving valves, fluid components, propulsion hardware, or other pressure-bearing components


What we would love to see from you:

  • Strong hands-on experience with functional, pressure, flow, transient, leak, environmental, endurance, or burst testing of cryogenic components

  • Practical knowledge of test planning, instrumentation, data acquisition, test execution, and engineering data analysis

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