Tests Interface and Modeling engines on MSP Launcher

🚀MaiaSpace is a European space tech company, designing, manufacturing and operating competitive and sustainable solutions for space mobility. We are driven by the belief that access to space is a major enabler for a better and more sustainable life on Earth, addressing the challenges faced by humanity: climate, resources, connectivity, and data. Our aim is to successfully design and test a cost-effective and reusable mini-launch vehicle by 2026.🚀

As part of the Main Engines and Propulsive System Team, the position “Tests Interface and Modeling engines on MSP Launcher” will consist in:

• Performing Functional Analysis of the interface between launcher stages and their engines

  • Define the computations plan and analysis

  • Gather hypothesis, constraints and objectives of the studies

  • Run analysis

  • Make the synthesis, propose the way forward and contribute to the launcher design

• Defining synchronized sequence and exploitation

  • Define with engine supplier the synchronized sequence and controls associated

  • Ensure convergence between architects and engines supplier of the CONOPS, monitoring parameters and minimum exploitation

• Preparing and participating in MaiaSpace’s stages test campaigns  as engine focal point in close connection with engine supplier

  • Define tests objectives

  • Define control criteria and thresholds

  • Define tests sequence

  • Execute tests operations

  • Analyse tests results level 0 and 1

Working in tandem with the company's Fluid Propulsion experts, your day-to-day tasks will involve interfacing with the provider of the launcher’s main engine (ArianeGroup).

🎓 Qualification

• Master degree or equivalent in engineering

• > 3 years of professional experience in the field of propulsion, fluid systems, test engineering and/or engine and launcher system modeling.

• Autonomous, proactive attitude towards resolution of problems and good at team working.

• A good knowledge of cryogenic high thrust engines and cryogenic thermodynamics behavior, would be highly appreciated.

Date and working site

• Working Site: Vernon, with frequent travels to La Défense Engineering facilities or La Defense with frequent travels to Vernon

• Desired start date: May 2025

🎬 Working at MaiaSpace

You will be joining a friendly multi-disciplinary team, comprised of multi-skilled people, following Agile and Scrum methodologies. This means that your role and responsibility may evolve over time with varied assignments and challenges depending on priorities and competences. Your work will be hands-on and in close contact with the final product. We are open-minded, transparent, pragmatic, result oriented and people centric. Teamwork is at the heart of how we work together and our co-workers share the same fundamental values: respect, humility, reactivity and autonomy with a passion for technical excellence. Our newly acquired office space at La Defense is located within the heart of Europe’s largest purpose built business and commercial district with easy access to public transport.

Written and spoken communication is in French and English.

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