Propulsion Test Bench Intern

Do you want to build the most iconic engine test stand in the Swiss Alps?

PAVE Space is building LYOBA, a heavy kick stage moving up to 4-ton payloads from LEO to high-energy orbits in under 24 hours. None of that gets qualified without the bench that qualifies all the propulsion components. The first of those benches are moving from design to commissioning, and building the rest is the job.

So, why now?

Test benches across the kick stage’s systems are converging on commissioning at the same time, and several more are already in the pipeline. You’ll own them end to end, on a timeline measured in weeks, not quarters. What you build becomes the bottleneck-breaker for the whole propulsion program.

You will own

• Design, build, and commission the test benches for our propulsion systems, from rocket engines to components
• PIDs, line and component sizing, selection, procurement, concept to hardware
• Test procedures, safety interlocks, and commissioning
• Safety, quality, and regulatory documentation that holds up

What we are looking for

• Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating test benches
• Solid fluid dynamics; you read and write PIDs fluently
• Sensors, fluid components, piping; 2D/3D CAD (NX and Teamcenter ideal)
• A track record of taking something from nothing to working hardware
• English fluent, French nice to have

You will fit if

• You’d rather own one hard thing than touch ten easy ones.
• You’re comfortable in a lab or on a test site with your hands on the hardware.
• You step outside your discipline when the timeline needs it.
• You want to see your work fire, not sit in a spec.
• This is hard, early, and fully on-site in Villeneuve, VD along our test site in Chavalon 20 minutes away, because we have a strong on-site culture. Some of what we build won’t work the first time, we’d rather tell you that. What makes it worth it: this is your opportunity to help fire our propulsion systems on the most scenic test stands in the World.