Propulsion Intern – AMBER Space Tech (Toulouse)

By joining Alpha Impulsion as an intern in the Toulouse office, you will participate in the development of AMBER, Alpha Impulsion's small scale autophage demonstrator for suborbital flight and in-space propulsion. This offer is maintained open for any internship starting within the next 8 months.

Your first project here

Alpha Impulsion is developing a small-scale engine for its demonstrator AMBER. Its goal is to derisk technologies to be used in the future OPAL engine for in-space activities & GARNET engine for launch vehicles. The results of this demonstration might change the way mini launchers are built, demonstrating performance up to twice that of current propulsion technologies.

Your responsibilities

Multiple intern positions are open at any time in Alpha Impulsion, covering the following topics :

• Propulsion design, contributing to the thermal & mechanical design (with FEM analysis) of propulsive elements such as the combustion chamber, injector, fluid line, thermal protection combustible fuselage, turbomachinery, etc.

• Testing, helping with test plannification, CONOPS definition, data acquisition, assembly/rehearsal, and conducting preliminary tests and engine test firing.

• Systems engineering , coordinating the technical work of various departements, ensuring constraints/requirements are validated, and conducting system-level or subsystem level trade studies.

• Mission analysis , refining high level objectives to help define flight paths, flight environments, and preliminary requirements of flight subsystems, including the autophage engine.

What we would appreciate most

Required education, experience and skills

• You must be enrolled in the final year of a Master’s degree or engineering school, with a strong academic background and knowledge of rocketry. French internships require an agreement with your University or School. Students not in their final year (e.g. gap year) or having already graduated will not be considered .

• Creative, curious, and autonomous, you take pride in seeing the tangible results of your work. You are eager to apply your skills to real-world engineering challenges.

• Working knowledge of the internship topic is required, practical hands-on experiences (from internships, curricular or extracurricular activities) will be looked upon very favourably.

• Comfortable with a startup environment and Agile frameworks.

• Professional English required. Italian and/or French is a plus.

Compensation & advantages

700€/month base salary, 75% public transport reimbursement (versus the usual 50%), sustainable mobility package “Forfait Mobilité Durable”.

If you thrive on challenge, take on a new one and join the crew.