Propulsion Integration Manager — MIURA 5 Launch Vehicle

About PLD Space

PLD Space is an international company on a mission to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Space operates over 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to provide comprehensive satellite and payload launch services into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous, independent satellite space access capability, based on reliability at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer best-in-class launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies and national and international governmental entities

Mission

Responsible for the planning, coordination, execution, and verification of all propulsion integration activities associated with the MIURA 5 launch vehicle. Ensures propulsion hardware, engines, turbomachinery, gas generator systems, TCA systems, piping, valves, actuators, sensors, and interfaces are properly integrated and validated. Acts as the interface between propulsion engineering, manufacturing, vehicle integration, avionics integration, structures integration, test operations, and launch operations.

Propulsion Integration Leadership

• Lead all propulsion integration activities for MIURA 5 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

• Coordinate 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

• Coordinate 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

• Coordinate gas generator integration and installation activities.
• Ensure interfaces with fluid, avionics, and thermal systems are correctly integrated.
• Support ignition system validation and anomaly resolution.

TCA Integration

• Coordinate installation and integration of thrust control actuation systems.
• Ensure hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, and software interfaces are properly verified.
• Support actuator calibration and checkout activities.
• Coordinate validation with avionics and GNC teams.

RCS & Fluid/Piping Integration

• Coordinate installation and integration of propulsion piping and fluid systems.
• Coordinate leak checks, pressure testing, purge validation, and cleanliness verification.
• Ensure valves, regulators, sensors, and actuators are correctly integrated and traceable.
• Support troubleshooting of fluid and pneumatic system anomalies.

Sensors, Valves & Instrumentation Integration

• Ensure propulsion instrumentation is correctly installed and validated.
• Coordinate interfaces with avionics integration teams.
• Support calibration and functional checkout activities.
• Maintain configuration control of instrumentation hardware.

Integrated Testing & Launch Campaign Support

• Support propulsion integration during hot-fire testing and integrated vehicle test campaigns.
• Coordinate propulsion readiness during launch countdown operations.
• Support troubleshooting and anomaly resolution during launch campaigns.
• Support post-test and post-flight inspections.

Configuration & Quality Control

• Ensure propulsion integration activities comply with approved engineering configurations and documentation.
• Maintain traceability of propulsion hardware and configuration changes.
• Support nonconformance resolution and corrective action implementation.

Team Leadership & Organization

• Lead propulsion integration technicians, engineers, and operational support personnel.
• Define roles, responsibilities, and accountability within propulsion integration teams.
• Support staffing, training, and development of propulsion integration personnel.
• Promote operational discipline and safety culture.

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.

Key Skills

• 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

Reporting Structure

• Reports directly to the Launch Vehicle Integration Director or designated vehicle integration leadership, including MIURA 5 Launch Vehicle Chief Designer.
• Works closely with MIURA 5 Chief Designer, Propulsion Engineering leadership, Turbomachinery Engineering leadership, Test & Qualification, Vehicle Integration, and Launch Operations.

Benefits

Health & Wellness

• Physiotherapy within our facilities
• 50% discount on your health insurance
• You can sign-up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
• Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

• 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st
• Flexible work schedule

Never stop learning

• We encourage practical learning
• We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

• Childcare flexible contributions
• Restaurant tickets
• Transport flexible contributions
• Training support

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

• Teamwork.
• Hard work.
• Dynamism.
• Commitment.
• Keep it simple.

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!