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DEDestinus

Propulsion Engineer - Modeling & Simulation(m/w/x)

Payerne
Full-timeOn-siteJunior
AI/ML
Data Science

Designing and modeling rocket motor internal ballistics and system-level behavior for UAVs. Python proficiency with scientific libraries required. 4-day work week, company car for private use.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • 1–3 years professional experience in software development, scientific computing, or data analysis
  • Strong proficiency in Python, including scientific and data-focused libraries
  • Experience developing analytical models, simulation tools, or data-driven applications
  • Solid understanding of numerical methods, modeling, and algorithm development
  • Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-documented code
  • Strong analytical mindset and willingness to learn complex physical systems
  • Background or hands-on experience in rocketry, propulsion, or aerospace systems (plus)
  • Familiarity with rocket motor physics, internal ballistics, or thermofluidic (plus)
  • Experience with surrogate modeling, reduced-order models, or physics-informed machine learning (plus)
  • Experience with version control (e.g. Git) and collaborative software development workflows (plus)
  • Enjoyment of breaking complex physical problems into working models
  • Comfort operating between theory, data, and hardware
  • Ability to move fast and iterate faster
  • Not afraid of imperfect first versions
  • Ownership of work
  • Questioning assumptions
  • Continuous push for stronger, more effective solutions
  • Thrive in multidisciplinary teams
  • Contributions directly impacting real systems

Tasks

  • Design analytical software tools for rocket motor performance
  • Develop analytical software tools for rocket motor performance
  • Maintain analytical software tools for rocket motor performance
  • Model rocket motor internal ballistics
  • Model rocket motor system-level behavior
  • Develop data-driven models using simulation results
  • Develop data-driven models using experimental test data
  • Validate data-driven models
  • Collaborate with propulsion engineers
  • Collaborate with systems engineers
  • Translate engineering requirements into software tools
  • Create scalable Python-based libraries for analysis
  • Create reusable Python-based libraries for analysis
  • Create scalable Python-based libraries for modeling
  • Create reusable Python-based libraries for modeling
  • Create scalable Python-based libraries for visualization
  • Create reusable Python-based libraries for visualization
  • Implement AI-integrated frameworks
  • Implement neural networks for design and analysis
  • Implement surrogate models for design and analysis
  • Implement regression-based approaches for design and analysis
  • Support uncertainty quantification
  • Support sensitivity studies
  • Support design space exploration using automated methods
  • Support design space exploration using AI-assisted methods
  • Document software tools
  • Document modeling assumptions
  • Document validation results
  • Improve tool performance
  • Improve tool usability
  • Improve tool reliability

Work Experience

  • 1 - 3 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • Python
  • NumPy
  • SciPy
  • pandas
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • scikit-learn
  • Git
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