Test Data Processing Engineer
Propulsion - Villeneuve, CH
The position
- Crew
- Propulsion
- Location
- Villeneuve, CH
- Type of contract
- Full-Time
Your role
Do you want to turn rocket engine test data into the decisions that make flight hardware real?
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 works unless our propulsion, fluidics, structures, and spacecraft systems are tested, understood, and improved fast. That starts with clean, trusted, actionable test data.
That’s the job.
So, why now?
We are scaling up propulsion and spacecraft test campaigns, from component-level checks to full engine and system tests. Every test generates large volumes of sensor data: pressure, temperature, thrust, flow, vibration, strain, valve timing, DAQ signals, and more.
You’ll build the processing, analysis, and reporting workflows that turn raw data into engineering insight on a timeline measured in hours or days, not weeks.
Your work will directly influence whether hardware is redesigned, accepted, retested, or fired again.
You will own
What you’ll own
Build and maintain automated test data processing pipelines
Clean, synchronize, filter, calibrate, and validate raw test data
Process data from propulsion, fluidics, structural, thermal, and system-level tests
Generate post-test plots, dashboards, reports, and engineering summaries
Detect sensor issues, timing errors, drift, noise, saturation, and anomalies
Compare test results against models, requirements, and acceptance criteria
Support hot-fire, cold-flow, pressure, leak, vibration, thermal, and functional testing
Work with test, propulsion, fluidics, structures, GNC, and systems engineers to interpret results
Maintain traceable datasets, scripts, reports, and test records
Help define instrumentation, sampling rates, data channels, and test-data requirements before campaigns
What we are looking for
What we need
2+ years hands-on experience processing engineering test data
Strong Python and/or MATLAB skills
Experience with time-series data, filtering, signal processing, and sensor calibration
Ability to work with real hardware test data, not just clean textbook datasets
Solid engineering fundamentals in at least some of:
fluid dynamics
thermodynamics
heat transfer
structural mechanics
vibration or dynamics
Experience producing clear plots, reports, and technical conclusions
Strong attention to detail, traceability, and data quality
Clear English communication
Nice to have
Aerospace, automotive, propulsion, high-pressure, or high-reliability test experience
Experience with DAQ systems such as LabVIEW, National Instruments, Dewesoft, HBM, Beckhoff, or similar
Experience with propulsion sensors: pressure transducers, thermocouples, flow meters, load cells, strain gauges, accelerometers, valve position sensors
Experience with hot-fire, cold-flow, TVAC, vibration, structural, or pressure testing
SQL, databases, or structured test-data management
Git, Linux, Jupyter, automated reporting, dashboards
Uncertainty analysis and measurement error propagation
Familiarity with CFD, FEA, Modelica, EcosimPro, Simulink, or system simulation tools
You will fit if
You’ll fit right in if
You like finding the story hidden inside messy test data
You care about whether a sensor is lying before anyone makes a design decision from it
You can write scripts that other engineers can actually reuse
You understand that a plot is only useful if it leads to a decision
You are comfortable moving between code, physics, instrumentation, and hardware
You want your work to influence real tests, real engines, and real spacecraft
This is hard, early, and fully on-site in Villeneuve, VD, close to our test site in Chavalon, because we have a strong on-site hardware culture. Some tests will not behave as expected. Some data will be noisy, incomplete, or surprising. That is exactly why this role matters.
What makes it worth it: you will help build the data backbone behind one of the most ambitious propulsion programs in Switzerland.
We are building to ship, grounded on real hardware, real funding, and real milestones. Apply to contribute, surrounded by people as sharp as you are.