ALTEN
10,000+ employees
🚀 Aerospace
Engineering • IT Services • Aerospace
ALTEN is a leader in outsourced Engineering and R&D and IT Services, catering to various industries such as aeronautics, automotive, banking, and life sciences. With a workforce of over 57,400 employees across nearly 30 countries, ALTEN specializes in executing complex and technical projects, supporting innovation and technology advancements in multiple sectors. The company focuses on providing engineering services, project management, and IT solutions to enhance client operations and foster sustainable innovation.
Senior Propulsion Engineer
🔥 20 minutes ago
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote
⏳ Contract/Temporary
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ALTEN
10,000+ employees
🚀 Aerospace
Engineering • IT Services • Aerospace
ALTEN is a leader in outsourced Engineering and R&D and IT Services, catering to various industries such as aeronautics, automotive, banking, and life sciences. With a workforce of over 57,400 employees across nearly 30 countries, ALTEN specializes in executing complex and technical projects, supporting innovation and technology advancements in multiple sectors. The company focuses on providing engineering services, project management, and IT solutions to enhance client operations and foster sustainable innovation.
📋 Description
• Join our team in London as a Senior Propulsion Engineer. • Lead the development, analysis, and optimisation of advanced propulsion systems for next‑generation space missions. • Own the architecture, modelling, and performance analysis of chemical and electric propulsion systems. • Guide multidisciplinary teams, review critical designs, and ensure technical coherence across propulsion activities. • Define test plans, support integration, and lead performance verification campaigns. • Oversee external partners delivering propulsion hardware and ensure compliance with requirements. • Provide propulsion expertise for mission analysis, system trades, and operational readiness.
🎯 Requirements
• Mandatory space experience — Proven background in spacecraft propulsion or closely related space systems • Propulsion analysis — Strong capability in thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and system modelling • Space hardware lifecycle — Hands‑on experience from concept design through qualification and flight • Required Qualifications: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience • Thruster development experience — Experience with electric propulsion, cold‑gas systems, or green propellants • System‑level integration — Ability to work across GNC, structures, avionics, and mission operations • Advanced modelling tools — Expertise with CFD, thermal‑fluid simulation, or multi‑physics modelling • Hands‑on test operations — Comfortable with vacuum chamber testing, leak checks, and performance characterisation • New‑space environment — Experience in fast‑paced development cycles, rapid prototyping, or on‑orbit servicing missions • Technical communication — Ability to clearly present propulsion concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
🏖️ Benefits
• Private Medical Insurance • Cycle & Tech Scheme • Employee assistance programme • Life insurance & Pension Scheme • Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings • Flexible way of working (role dependent)
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