Jobs at The Exploration Company

The Exploration Company is seeking a Lead Spacecraft Thermal Verification Engineer to manage thermal verification activities for the Nyx program. This role involves leading spacecraft-level thermal test campaigns, including Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) and Thermal Balance testing, and ensuring compliance with verification requirements.

Senior Prototype Machinist at The Exploration Company responsible for the end-to-end machining process of space-grade components. This includes CAM programming, machine setup and optimization, and manufacturing of critical parts like rocket engine components and propulsion subcomponents using multi-axis machining centers and CNC lathes.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead the Mechanical Engineering discipline for their Nyx Earth project. This role involves managing a team, driving structural design and verification, and ensuring technical excellence in analysis, testing, qualification, and verification for aerospace technologies.

Senior Engineer at The Exploration Company developing a lunar lander test bench. Responsibilities include leading the design, development, and deployment of a remote test facility in the UAE, focusing on propulsion test infrastructure, cryogenic fluid systems, and civil infrastructure coordination.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Test Technician to support test activities for aerospace technologies and propulsion systems. Responsibilities include developing, preparing, and commissioning mechanical and fluidic test benches, integrating instrumentation, assisting with CAD modeling, performing maintenance, operating test systems, writing and executing procedures, handling cryogenic fluids and high-pressure gases, contributing to safety reviews, and managing spare parts.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Future Projects Thermal Engineer to contribute to the development of innovative aerospace technologies. This role involves overseeing the thermal architecture, sizing, and analysis of new projects, collaborating with other engineering disciplines, and supporting spacecraft development from concept to operations.

The Exploration Company is seeking a MAIT Additive Manufacturing Engineer to contribute to the development and in-house production of their Vehicles Nyx Earth and Nyx Moon. This role involves developing, qualifying, and industrializing Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technologies for critical aerospace hardware, supporting the full lifecycle from manufacturability assessment to production readiness.

The Exploration Company is hiring a Building Maintenance Specialist to support their Munich sites. This hands-on role involves performing day-to-day maintenance, basic repairs, and coordinating vendors for specialized tasks. Responsibilities include preventive and corrective maintenance on HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, and building structures, as well as managing safety checks and vendor services.

The Exploration Company is seeking an experienced AIT Thermal/ECLSS Team Leader to manage their thermal and ECLSS integration and testing for the Nyx Earth project. This role involves planning and executing thermal EVT campaigns, defining and managing hardware interfaces, and overseeing test execution and data analysis.

The In-Orbit Services Fault Management Engineer at The Exploration Company is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety of orbital service vehicles and systems. This role involves defining and implementing fault management strategies, including Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) logic, and conducting RAMS analyses like FTA and FMECA.

This is an unsolicited application for a permanent role at The Exploration Company, which builds innovative aerospace technologies. The company is seeking talented individuals passionate about space exploration, innovation, and teamwork across various areas including Engineering, AIT, Business, Finance, Program Management, and US Operations.

The Avionics Manufacturing Team Lead at The Exploration Company will manage a team of technicians responsible for the assembly, integration, and testing of avionics equipment for the Nyx spacecraft. This role involves ensuring schedule adherence, maintaining quality standards, and defining/improving manufacturing processes.

Spring 2027 Engineering Intern at The Exploration Company. This role involves designing, developing, testing, and improving engineering systems and technology for crewed vehicle development. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers, applying engineering principles, developing technical solutions, analyzing data, and participating in design reviews.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Software System Engineer to support flight software certification for the Nyx program. This role involves verification & validation (V&V), requirements tracing, test planning, and system engineering. The engineer will collaborate with software development, system engineering, and certification bodies, utilizing C++ and Python knowledge.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Valves Development Engineer for their Future Project division. This role involves designing, analyzing, and optimizing valve components for high-thrust rocket engines, including cryogenic valves. Responsibilities include performing engineering calculations, creating 3D models and technical drawings, material selection, leading test campaigns, and preparing technical documentation.

The Exploration Company is seeking a System Integration Senior Engineer with a platform focus to lead the Nyx system's end-to-end integration and verification. This role involves defining and executing test plans, managing requirement traceability, analyzing test results, and resolving anomalies across various simulation platforms (SIL, PIL, HIL) and physical test campaigns.

Summer 2027 Engineering Intern at The Exploration Company. This role involves designing, developing, testing, and improving engineering systems and technology for crewed vehicle development. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers, applying engineering principles, developing technical solutions, analyzing data, and participating in design reviews.

Wire Harness Technician at The Exploration Company responsible for manufacturing and assembling high-reliability electrical harnesses for aerospace applications. This role involves executing assembly processes, collaborating with design teams, and maintaining documentation for flight and test harnesses.

The Head of Europe Government Sales at The Exploration Company is an executive-level sales role focused on promoting aerospace technologies to European institutions. This position involves developing and executing sales strategies, managing revenue targets and pipelines, building senior-level relationships, and leading bid processes for cargo, space engines, and in-orbit services.

The Exploration Company is seeking a MAIT Mechanical Technician to assemble the Nyx Capsule and support propulsion, thermal, and FGSE teams. Responsibilities include conducting assembly operations, pressure testing, basic orbital welding, anomaly resolution, and assisting with environmental testing.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Principal Advanced Machining Engineer to lead their CNC machining workshop in Bordeaux. This role involves managing a team of six, overseeing daily operations, and acting as a liaison between design, programming, and shop-floor execution for complex space hardware.

The Exploration Company is seeking a CAD & PLM Administration Intern to join their team in Munich. This role involves establishing and maintaining a standard part library for CAD, providing first-level support to engineering users, and documenting CAD and PLM processes.

Spring 2027 Engineering Intern at The Exploration Company. This role involves designing, developing, testing, and improving engineering systems and technology for crewed vehicle development. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers, applying engineering principles, developing technical solutions, analyzing data, and participating in design reviews.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Lead Mission Assurance Engineer to oversee the end-to-end strategy for spacecraft safety, reliability, and mission readiness. This role involves leading a team of approximately six engineers, driving the vehicle safety architecture, and reducing risk while increasing availability.

AIT Test Technician at The Exploration Company responsible for preparing, integrating, executing, and reporting on environmental and functional test activities for spacecraft sub-systems. This role involves hands-on work with vibration, shock, and thermal vacuum testing, as well as documentation and anomaly reporting.

Vacuum Hotfire Test Stand Engineer at The Exploration Company. This role involves developing, commissioning, and operating a propulsion test facility for storable, hypergolic propulsion systems. Responsibilities include test facility design, assembly, integration, safety analysis, and operational support.

Software System Engineer at The Exploration Company focused on certification activities for the Nyx program's flight software. Responsibilities include V&V, requirements tracing, test planning, and system engineering, collaborating with development teams and certification bodies.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Teamcenter Administrator to manage their on-prem Siemens Teamcenter environment, focusing on Linux-based cloud deployments. This role involves configuration, operation, and evolution of the PLM platform, including data models, workflows, and integrations.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Turbopump Rotordynamics Engineer for their Future Project division. This role involves designing, analyzing, and optimizing turbopump components for high-thrust rocket engines, with responsibilities including rotor dynamics analysis, component design, and subcontractor supervision.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Logistics Technician to support their aerospace technology mission. This role involves managing daily warehouse operations, including receiving, storing, organizing, and dispatching goods, ensuring accurate inventory management, and maintaining safety standards.

The Exploration Company is seeking an Engine Program Management Officer (PMO) to support the delivery of their Storm engines. This role involves ensuring robust planning, schedule tracking, cost monitoring, and risk management across the engine program, working closely with program managers and engineering teams.

The Storm Test Bench Program Manager at The Exploration Company is responsible for driving the on-time delivery of the Storm engine test bench development program. This includes integrating schedules, tracking deliverables, coordinating stakeholders and suppliers, and identifying and securing a suitable test bench location.

The Exploration Company is seeking an AIT Electrical Engineer to lead the design, commissioning, and debugging of electrical systems for propulsion test benches and engine electrical systems. This hands-on role involves contributing to electrical system design, leading assembly and testing of electrical components, defining test procedures, and performing system-level troubleshooting.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Summer 2027 Engineering Intern to contribute to crewed vehicle development. Interns will design, develop, test, and improve engineering systems and technology, applying engineering principles to solve technical problems and documenting solutions.

System Engineer at The Exploration Company responsible for supporting the integration and verification of the Nyx spacecraft. Key duties include preparing and executing functional and environmental tests, maintaining requirement traceability, and documenting results to support verification closure.

The Avionics Equipment Technical Owner at The Exploration Company is responsible for the design, testing, and optimization of avionics equipment. This role involves coordinating internal design efforts, performing functional validation and qualification, and managing equipment from prototype to flight model.

The Exploration Company is seeking an AIT EVT & Thermal Engineer to ensure their Nyx space orbital vehicle can be integrated, tested, and launched. This role involves collecting test requirements, optimizing testing flows, preparing and executing EVT campaigns, writing AIT documentation, and managing stakeholders for mechanical, thermal, and EMC/EMI test parts.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Composite Engineer to support the development, verification, and qualification of composite structures for space applications. This role involves defining technical solutions, assessing structural integrity, supporting manufacturing, and contributing to flight-quality hardware delivery.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Training Engineer to develop and manage their end-to-end mission operations training program. This role involves acting as the technical authority for training, embedding with various teams, and ensuring personnel and astronaut crews are fully prepared for space missions.

Propulsion Functional Engineer at The Exploration Company on the Storm engine project. Responsibilities include defining functional architecture, contributing to trade-off studies, developing performance models, and analyzing test data for propulsion systems.

The Exploration Company is seeking a High-Thrust Engine Lead to manage the Storm development and lead a team of engineers and technicians. This role involves leading hiring, guiding design choices, overseeing project planning and execution, and supporting business development.

The Exploration Company is seeking an Egse Engineer to design, develop, and maintain Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for aerospace technologies. Responsibilities include defining EGSE architectures, developing LabVIEW applications, integrating NI VeriStand, and supporting RF test activities.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Propulsion System Engineer to conceptualize and pre-develop new launch and space transportation solutions. This role involves defining propulsion system architectures, performing trade-offs, defining requirements, and contributing to development plans within the Future Programs Department.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Propulsion Design Office Principal to lead and mentor a team of engineers in thermal, structural/mechanical, CFD, and CAD/design. This role involves making key design decisions for propulsion systems, ensuring design-to-requirements traceability, and overseeing thermal and structural analyses.

The Exploration Company is seeking a System Integration Senior Engineer to lead the end-to-end integration and verification of functional and environmental elements for the Nyx spacecraft. This role involves coordinating mechanical and avionics interfaces, defining and executing verification plans, managing requirement traceability, and resolving integration risks to ensure safe and reliable mechanical functions.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineer (Metals) to support the design and manufacturing of complex metallic structures for the Nyx vehicle. This role involves acting as a technical liaison with suppliers, monitoring and improving industrial processes, supervising supplier development roadmaps, and collaborating with product assurance and engineering teams to ensure product quality and timely delivery.

The Exploration Company is seeking an AIT MGSE Engineer to design and deliver Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) for their lunar lander. This role involves understanding requirements, conceptualizing and designing MGSEs using CAD, confirming structural integrity, and managing supplier manufacturing and delivery.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of a new lunar lander test bench facility. This role involves propulsion test infrastructure design, cryogenic fluid systems engineering, civil infrastructure coordination, and end-to-end project execution in a remote environment, with periodic travel to the UAE.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Turbopump Principal Engineer to lead the development of turbomachinery for their high thrust liquid rocket engine. This role involves managing a team, leading technical decisions, overseeing testing, collaborating with suppliers, and participating in proposal writing.

Internship role at The Exploration Company focused on radiation testing of electronic components and test automation for aerospace avionics systems. Responsibilities include assembling and testing PCBs, soldering, automating test setups, generating reports, and understanding radiation effects on circuits.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Engineer for ISS Integration & Certification. This role will lead the integration and certification process for Nyx missions to the International Space Station, ensuring compliance with NASA requirements and standards.

The AIT Senior Project Manager for Nyx Earth at The Exploration Company will manage Assembly, Integration, and Test activities to ensure safe, on-schedule, and within-budget vehicle preparation for launch. This role involves project leadership, AIT strategy and technical oversight, facility and resource management, and timeline tracking, reporting to the Chief Program Officer.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Software Product Assurance Engineer to manage software quality for space projects, focusing on the Nyx Earth project. Responsibilities include establishing SW PA&S requirements, developing and implementing a SW Quality Assurance Program, monitoring QA plans, and conducting independent evaluations of software development processes.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Avionics Systems Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and validate spacecraft avionics systems. This role involves defining system architectures, managing interfaces, and ensuring robust electronic systems for data handling, communications, and control across all mission phases.

The Exploration Company is seeking a hands-on AIT Senior Test Technician to support environmental and functional testing of spacecraft sub-systems. Responsibilities include preparing, integrating, and executing tests like vibration, shock, and TVAC, as well as machining MGSE and preparing FGSE. The role also involves guiding junior technicians and ensuring hardware readiness.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior AIT Test Technician to support the preparation, integration, execution, and reporting of environmental and functional test activities for spacecraft sub-systems and hardware. This role involves setting up and executing vibration, shock, and Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing, as well as preparing hardware, tooling, and GSE for test campaigns.

Propulsion Test Engineer at The Exploration Company responsible for testing and analyzing propulsion systems. Duties include developing and executing engine and component level tests, creating test plans and reports, conducting risk assessments, interpreting P&IDs, and collaborating with development and test bench teams.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Nyx Crew Vehicle Design Principal to lead the mechanical design development of next-generation space vehicles for crewed spaceflight. This role involves driving the design from concept through qualification, ensuring safety, reliability, and performance, and mitigating technical risks.

The Exploration Company is seeking an Indirect Procurement Lead to manage the procurement of equipment, facilities, and services. This role will own the company's indirect procurement and CAPEX strategy, focusing on supporting operations and growth, including Nyx Earth delivery and Storm engine development.

The Exploration Company is seeking an experienced EMC/EMI Engineer to develop design recommendations and establish test policies for spacecraft applications. This role involves providing guidance on EMC/EMI design practices, collaborating with cross-functional teams, reviewing designs, developing and implementing test plans, conducting testing, and analyzing results to ensure spacecraft reliability in space environments.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Composite Manufacturing Technician to produce thermal protection systems. This role involves preparing materials and tooling, performing molding and curing operations, post-processing and finishing composite parts, and operating CNC machines. The technician will also monitor manufacturing parameters, ensure quality and traceability, and perform first-level maintenance on production equipment.

The MAIT Additive Manufacturing Materials Intern at The Exploration Company will contribute to additive manufacturing (AM) materials development, qualification, and in-house production for aerospace vehicles. Responsibilities include supporting material characterization, powder management, process parameter development, and technical documentation for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technologies.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Mission Assurance Engineer to ensure spacecraft safety, reliability, and mission readiness. This role involves owning the vehicle safety architecture, assessing risks, performing reliability analyses (FMECA, FTA, PRA, RAM), defining fault management, and supporting operations and anomaly resolution.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Principal Flight Software Engineer (Team Lead) to guide a team in developing and validating spacecraft flight software for Nyx. This role involves leading the technical roadmap, setting quality standards, and driving development in C++ and Python for real-time spacecraft operations.

Software Engineer - Mission Control Software at The Exploration Company. This role involves developing mission-critical software for integrated testing and mission operations, including the Mission Control Software and supporting tools for flight controllers and engineering teams. Responsibilities span the full software development lifecycle, focusing on robust, scalable, and real-time systems.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Technical Owner for Fluid Components to manage the technical follow-up of suppliers for Nyx Earth fluid-control equipment. This role involves owning the technical baseline, supplier development, qualification, and integration support for fluidic components.

The Exploration Company is hiring an AIT Propulsion Engineer to support the integration and testing of their space orbital vehicle, Nyx. This role involves managing integration and functional tests for propulsion components, qualifying mechanical parts, procuring test equipment, and planning integration procedures. The engineer will also work with the design team and run assembly, integration, and testing operations.

The Exploration Company is hiring a GNC Engineer to contribute to the GNC subsystem design, testing, verification, and validation of their aerospace vehicles. Responsibilities include developing GNC algorithms, implementing code into flight software, creating high-fidelity simulations, and performing system analyses.

The Exploration Company is seeking a High-Thrust Engine Chief Engineer to lead the technical vision and architecture for their next-gen LOX/LCH4 rocket engine program. This role serves as the senior technical authority, responsible for the engine's technical integrity, performance, and safety throughout its lifecycle.

The Exploration Company is hiring a CAD Design Engineer to model the physical architecture of their spacecraft. This role involves contributing to vehicle architecture definition, creating CAD physical models using Siemens NX or equivalent, and collaborating with various engineering teams to ensure design compliance and manage mass budgets.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Environment Health & Safety Engineer to ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations. This role involves implementing safety programs, conducting audits, proposing system improvements, and promoting EHS awareness across the organization.

The Exploration Company is seeking a MAIT Mechanical Technician specializing in Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) to support the manufacturing, integration, inspection, and qualification of their Nyx space orbital vehicle. Responsibilities include assembling TPS hardware, performing manufacturing processes like bonding and painting, conducting inspections, and maintaining tooling.

Feed System Functional Engineer at The Exploration Company responsible for the functional architecture and performance of a storable bipropellant propulsion system. This role involves defining feed system architecture, performing system-level analyses, developing fluid system models, and leading verification and testing activities.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to develop innovative aerospace technologies. This role involves designing, implementing, and testing mission-critical flight software for spacecraft control, telemetry, data handling, fault management, and communications using modern C++ and Python. The engineer will also build test frameworks, run simulations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

AIT Test Engineer at The Exploration Company responsible for preparing, executing, and managing internal and external dynamic and thermal testing of sub-systems and prototypes for the Nyx space orbital vehicle. This role involves writing documentation, supporting mechanical integration, and managing testing activities from requirements definition to post-test reviews.

The Exploration Company is seeking a Fluid Systems Development Engineer for their Storm engine project. This role involves translating engine requirements into fluid system specifications, leading architecture trade-offs, defining development roadmaps, and managing verification and validation strategies.