Max Zappe: Email & Phone Number

Work Experience 13 years

Propulsion Operations Engineer - Merlin 1D at SpaceX

Apr 2025 - Current

JPL Visiting Student Researcher at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Sep 2024 - Mar 2025

Board of Directors - Head of Industrial Relations at Aris

Nov 2023 - Oct 2024

New Technology & Testing Engineer at Pilatus Aircraft Ltd

Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

Teaching Assistant - Focus Project Coach - Liquid Rocket Engine at Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), ETH Zurich

Sep 2022 - Sep 2023

Project Management Office at Aris

Sep 2022 - Mar 2023

ASTREA System Engineer - Hybrid Rocket Engine at Aris

Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

Launch Officer & Propulsion Team Leader at Aris

Jun 2020 - Sep 2021

Mechanical Engineering Intern at The University of Freiburg

Jan 2020 - Feb 2020

Web Programmer at ETH Zürich

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

Web Developer at Magnebotix

Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

Handling Agent at Motorfluggruppe Zürich MFGZ

Jan 2018 - Jun 2019

Barista at Starbucks

Feb 2017 - Feb 2018

Salesperson at Ernst & Willi Wettstein Gemüseverkauf

Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

Cook at Widder Hotel

Apr 2016 - Apr 2016

Studio Assistant at Studio 101A Productions

Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

Software Engineer at House of Apps

Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

Max is proficient in English, French, and German. Their professional focus is 3D Printing, Adobe Creative Suite, and Aerospace Engineering across 3 core areas.

Max holds Certified Electrition for High Voltage Systems according to DGUV-I 209-093-1E, Level 2 High Power Rocketry Certification, and Level 1 High Power Rocketry Certification certifications and has been awarded 2nd Place at Spaceport America Cup: SRAD Hybrid 30k Category, 3rd place in Innovation Award, and Computer Aided Design Race Winner