AIT EVT & Thermal Engineer

Additional Requirements

• Versatile: in order to manage several test preparations, and being the TEC interface person among various engineering teams
• Proficient: in following safety standards and maintaining quality control during all assembly and test operations.
• Very good system understanding, thermal and functional qualification

Qualifications and experience

• Engineering degree (Master or PhD) in mechanical science or equivalent
• At least 5 years experience in the AIT of aerospace vehicles
• Experience in conducting test campaigns, a plus if an EVT campaign has already been conducted

Skills and Behaviors

• Leadership skills
• Strong organizing and prioritization of tasks
• Positive and flexible attitude to get the job done
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business in English
• Organized and rigorous
• Hands-on approach
• Inventive and problem solver, team spirit
• Able to document all tasks in written form
• Demonstrates behaviors consistent with The Exploration Company’s core values of Vision, Mission, Teamwork, Integrity and Excellence.

Why you should join us!

What makes us special here at The Exploration Company and why we think you will enjoy working here is:

• We’re Agile – we make decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind
• We’re Open and Collaborative – we are transparent about risks and obstacles, so that we can cooperate to overcome them
• We have a lot of Fun – we refuel our energy knowing we are democratising space. It’s a wonderful and rare opportunity, are YOU up for the challenge?

We'd love to hear from you if you wish to be a part of our journey. Please submit your CV now for immediate consideration and we will be in touch shortly.

All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, which will be subject to the country, role, and project you applied for. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and agree that any offer of employment may be conditional upon successful condition of this check. The Exploration Company partners with Zinc Work Limited located in the UK (Zinc), a third-party provider, to ensure this process as efficient and transparent as possible.

If applicable, you will receive an email from Zinc upon acceptance of your offer with a link to a secure portal where you can provide the required information to Zinc.

• Collect and compile all the requirements/need to tests from different sub-systems owners
• Optimizes and Consolidate a flow of testing based on these needs
• Prepare, execute and manage the EVT (Environment Test) campaign, including integration in the test facility and conduction of the tests on our space vehicles
• Write AIT documentation prior and post integration and test activities
• Manage internal and external stakeholders (propulsion, thermal, thermal protection, avionic & power units) to perform a successful test

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

We are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refueled in orbit, and which carries cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run.

We want you as a talented AIT EVT & Thermal Engineer to help us in our mission by making sure that NYX can be integrated, tested and launched.