Darwin Space are currently hiring for a Propulsion Integration Manager on behalf of a business in Spain.
Responsibilities
* Propulsion Integration Leadership by leading all propulsion integration activities for launch vehicles.
* Coordinate assembly, installation, integration, checkout, and validation of propulsion systems.
* Ensure compliance with approved configurations, procedures, schedules, and quality requirements.
* Maintain operational readiness of propulsion integration teams and facilities.
* Engine Assembly Integration by coordinating engine assembly integration into launch vehicle stages.
* Ensure engine interfaces, alignments, and mounting configurations meet vehicle requirements.
* Coordinate engine handling, installation, and mate operations.
* Support engine integration troubleshooting and nonconformance resolution.
* Turbopump Integration by coordinating turbopump installation and integration activities.
* Ensure fluid, structural, and instrumentation interfaces are validated.
* Support alignment verification and integration inspections.
* Coordinate turbomachinery integration troubleshooting.
* Gas Generator Integration by coordinating gas generator integration and installation activities.
* Ensure interfaces with fluid, avionics, and thermal systems are correctly integrated.
* Support ignition system validation and anomaly resolution.
* Ensure propulsion instrumentation is correctly installed and validated.
* Support propulsion integration during hot-fire testing and integrated vehicle test campaigns.
Required Qualifications
* 10+ years of aerospace propulsion integration, engine assembly, turbomachinery integration, or launch vehicle operations experience.
* Strong understanding of propulsion systems, fluid systems, valves, actuators, instrumentation, and launch vehicle integration.
* Experience supporting propulsion testing and launch campaigns.
* Experience leading multidisciplinary technical integration teams.
* Strong propulsion integration mindset
* Mechanical and fluid systems troubleshooting capability
* Cross-functional coordination skills
* Operational leadership under schedule pressure
* Strong configuration discipline
* Safety-focused operational leadership
Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Elicia Pillay