About Pangea Propulsion:

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We are a company dedicated to developing advanced propulsion systems for the space industry based on three key principles: high efficiency, sustainability, and reusability. We are revolutionizing the space industry with ground-breaking innovations that allow us to offer the best performance to cost propulsion systems.

Our goal is to be the propulsion provider for the next generation of spacecraft, which is essential to meet demands and compete in the booming space market of the next decade.

We are a passionate, multicultural, and multidisciplinary team pushing the boundaries of what is possible in space propulsion technology.

We have already made history by successfully testing the world's first 3D-printed Methalox Aerospike engine, marking a significant milestone for the space industry.

We are looking for talented professionals to join our international teams in Barcelona and Toulouse. We want to be a key player in improving diversity in the Aerospace sector as, in Pangea, we believe that diversity (gender, age, race, sexual orientation, beliefs, disability, culture, etc.) is a key to success. Within Pangea, everyone can grow with the same opportunities. We encourage you to apply. Individually we are different, but together we are an amazing team

We are looking for a Catalyst Development Engineer – Industrial PhD based in Barcelona, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi).

About the role:

Join our Fluidics department to develop catalysts that meet the performance, lifetime, manufacturing and cost needs of our hydrogen peroxide-based propulsion systems.



You will take 3D-printed ceramic catalyst technology from laboratory samples towards reliable hardware, working hands-on with materials, manufacturing processes and test data. Your work will help Pangea build its own catalyst production capability and make informed design decisions for its propulsion products.

The role is structured as an industrial PhD within the planned Executive PhD framework at PoliMi. Pangea will define the industrial priorities, with academic supervision and specialist support from PoliMi. The development plan will focus on usable engineering results: validated catalyst designs, repeatable manufacturing processes, demonstrated durability and know-how transferred into Pangea. Doctoral requirements will be integrated into this work, with confidentiality and intellectual property managed under the agreed framework.

You will be part of the Combustion Devices team, working closely with Systems, Mechanical, Manufacturing and Test colleagues and the PoliMi research group. We welcome recent graduates who enjoy building, testing and improving hardware and want to see their work used in real propulsion systems. Previous professional experience in propulsion is not required.

Location and programme: The current plan includes an initial period of approximately six months at PoliMi in Milan to develop manufacturing know-how, followed by execution mainly at Pangea in Barcelona,



with further travel as required.

We are looking for someone available to start as soon as possible. Employment may begin ahead of formal PhD enrolment. Admission, enrolment timing and programme duration will be confirmed by Pangea and PoliMi through its approval process.

Key Responsibilities:

· Turn propulsion-system needs into measurable catalyst requirements and a practical development and validation plan, prioritised with the engineering team.

· Develop ceramic supports made by digital light processing (DLP) additive manufacturing, improving manufacturing repeatability, mechanical robustness and suitability for production.

· Select active-phase and support formulations using test evidence and trade-offs between performance, lifetime, material availability and cost.

· Improve catalyst-bed layouts and injector–bed interfaces to meet flow distribution, cold-start and decomposition requirements while controlling pressure losses and residual liquid volume.

· Plan and support laboratory and propulsion-hardware test campaigns with the responsible test teams, following approved safety procedures. Assess steady and pulsed operation, thermal response, repeatability, degradation and total hydrogen peroxide throughput.

· Analyse test data, identify failure and degradation mechanisms, and recommend design or process changes. Use numerical models where they support engineering decisions.

· Develop a scale-up approach from laboratory samples to approximately 200 N-class applications and assess larger systems against manufacturing, performance and durability constraints.

· Help establish catalyst manufacturing and characterisation capabil

📌 Catalyst Development Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Pangea Propulsion
📍 Barcelona