The Exploration Company
About The Exploration Company
The Exploration Company (TEC) is a European aerospace company developing Nyx, a modular, reusable, and in-orbit refillable spacecraft designed to transport cargo to and from space stations in low Earth orbit and beyond. Founded in 2021 by Hélène Huby and a team of aerospace veterans from Airbus and ArianeGroup, TEC is the first European company to sign a Space Act Agreement with NASA. Its mission is to make space exploration affordable, accessible, and sustainable.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$235M
Last stage
Series B
Investors
Founders
Hélène Huby
Former VP of the Orion European Service Module (ESM) at Airbus Defence & Space. French rocket scientist and space engineer with over a decade of experience at Airbus and ArianeGroup. Left Airbus in 2021 to found The Exploration Company.
LinkedInJon Reijneveld
Former Deputy Lead Systems Engineer at Airbus on the Orion ESM program. Studied Space Systems Engineering at Delft University of Technology. Co-founded TEC alongside Hélène Huby.
Artur Koop
Former ESM Propulsion Subsystem Lead at Airbus. Co-founded The Exploration Company with Hélène Huby and Jon Reijneveld after departing Airbus in 2021.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.