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.

📌 Propulsion Integration Manager (Elche)
🏢 Darwin Recruitment
📍 Elche