Test Engineer Engine, Propulsion or Thrust


Company:	Expert Employment
Salary:	£28,000 to £43,500 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Aylesbury, HP18 0JB
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Aug 2026
Closing date:	2 Nov 2026

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Summary

Test Engineer required to join an amazing, highly skilled and welcoming team who generate test equipment and setup requirements, with a view to performing test equipment and test set up design of thrust systems and Space Engineering. Your role will include the specification, fabrication, build and execution of Hot Fire Tests using propellant and pressurant feed systems, GSE and EGSE.

You will have an excellent understanding of chemical rocket engineering, mechanical engineering and some electrical engineering the ideal candidate will have spacecraft chemical propulsion exposure.

This role would suite someone who has graduated in Mechanical, Aeronautical or Aerospace Engineering, Physics or similar with an interest in hands on practical engineering, mechanical fitter, rocket engines, fluidic control systems or any space standard experience.

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