Your Mission
As a working student for the Technical Team, your mission is to advance the design of our Aquila engine to make it suitable for controlled landings for the purpose of an ongoing development program. Drawing upon your academic expertise and innovative mindset, you will work on the throttleability of the Aquila engine. Your collaborative and forward-thinking approach will be instrumental in achieving our objectives: revolutionizing space accessibility and advancing the frontiers of the space industry.
More specifically, you will:
- Keep up with and report industry trends related to reusability
- Perform engine cycle calculations for different phases of the flight envelope
- Derive requirements for a valve system to throttle the Aquila engine
- Design a valve system to match these requirements
- Perform fluid analysis to validate your design
Who you are and what you have
- Master or Bachelor study in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or similar
- Experience with CAD systems (preferably Solidworks)
- Knowledge of fluid mechanics and experience with computational fluid dynamics
- Good understanding of mechanical systems
- Experience with Python or a similar programming language
- Technical affinity with a pronounced understanding of rocketry
- Strong in organization and prioritization of tasks
- Can-do attitude and outstanding communication skills
- Fluent in German and English
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience with fluid systems
- Experience in design of propulsion systems
- Experience in prototyping
- Participated actively in a rocketry working student group
Benefits
- Subsidised lunch
- Sport Clubs membership
- Public transport ticket
- Flexible working hours
- Referral Bonus
- Free snacks and drinks
- Break area with fully equipped kitchen
- Regular team events
- Corporate Benefits
Who we are
We are Isar Aerospace and we are at the forefront of New Space building a modern space business to enable faster, better and cheaper access to space.
Our mission is to help democratise space and use it for good in order to improve life on Earth now and for the future generations.
We are a fast-growing company aiming to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into Low Earth Orbit. The company is privately funded by world-leading technology investors with strong commitment and support and our team is made of driven and talented people with a real passion for space innovation.
We're making rockets in a way that hasn't been done before disrupting a traditional industry. If you are up for the challenge, want to work on cutting-edge projects and be part of a team changing the world for better, come, join us and launch your career!
Want to find out more about us?
Visit www.isaraerospace.com
