Valve Test Engineer Verified today

The Role

The Exploration Company is building spacecraft for humanity. We need a Valve Test Engineer II to lead 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.

Your Responsibilities

• 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

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 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

Desirable:

• 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
• Ability to turn requirements and engineering questions into measurable test objectives, procedures, and acceptance criteria
• Hands-on capability with hardware, test benches, data acquisition systems, anomaly investigation, and evidence-based decision-making
• Strong technical writing, communication, safety, risk-management, and configuration-control skills
• Comfortable owning a technical topic independently while coordinating effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Experience in space hardware, propulsion, safety-critical, or regulated environments
• Rigor and attention to detail, with ability to understand requirements, follow procedures precisely, check work, and maintain accurate records
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment and taking ownership of hardware readiness
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Passion for space exploration and motivation to see propulsion hardware move from drawings to tested engines

Location

Bordeaux, France. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are provided where applicable.