Junior hybrid propulsion engineer (Full remote or hybrid)

You will be part of the team responsible for the design and testing of a medium-scale hybrid autophage rocket engine, its test models and future iterations to improve performance and meet flight requirements. You will further contribute to internal R&D activities for all applications, including in-space propulsion.

This position is full remote or hybrid with presence on-site required for test campaigns.

Your first project here 

Alpha Impulsion is developing a medium-scale research engine and propulsion test bench as part of a major contract with the Campania region. This activity will support the development of a game-changing rocket engine able to disrupt the way launchers are built, reaching performance up to twice that of current propulsion technologies. You will embark on a new project, with the opportunity to build it from start to qualification and exploitation.

Your key responsibilities

As part of your missions, you will be entrusted with the following responsibilities: 

• Collaborate closely with leading research organisations such as CIRA (IT), ONERA (FR), and DLR (DE) to study and model advanced physical phenomena such as engine dynamics, combustion instabilities, fuel grain pyrolysis and regression improvement techniques.

What we would appreciate most 

Education: 

• Engineering degree with experience in hybrid rocket propulsion. A PhD in the field would naturally be viewed as a major positive. 

Experience: 

• Experience in development of hybrid rocket engines and their ground systems. Candidates with 3+ years of experience will be favoured, but the position is open to candidates who developed such skills as part of university rocketry teams.

• Experience in development of rocket engines and ground systems using Gaseous and Liquid Oxygen as oxidiser.

• Your work is your own. Each member owns designs and ideas; we all take responsibilities to learn faster. You are the one to solve the problem, because it’s yours to begin with. You have a significant input in all aspects of your mission, from concept to design to method to test and lessons learned.

• We have a driving mission. We are making the difference, halving the environmental impact of propulsion and dividing by six its cost, while preventing orbital debris at the source.