Valve Test Engineer

The role

You will lead cryogenic valve testing for a high-thrust engine. You will be responsible for defining, planning, executing, and closing valve development test campaigns.

What you will do

• 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

Required 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

Nice to have

• 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
• Able to work hands-on with hardware and test benches, data acquisition systems, investigate anomalies, and make evidence-based decisions
• 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 is an advantage
• Rigor and attention to detail are core values in everything we do
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, taking ownership of getting the hardware ready
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check
• Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable

About the company

The Exploration Company is building spacecraft for humanity.