Pau Pineda Bosque is a Propulsion Test Engineer and Project Manager at Virgin Orbit's engine test site in Mojave, California. As a project manager Pau is in charge of overseeing and coordinating plumbing, electrical, and operational systems design and activation for the company's first engine component test stand. Prior to this role, Pau was the lead for Virgin Orbit's Necker Stand 1A. As the stand lead Pau maintained the test site hardware and ran test operations for the company's second stage engine, Newton4. She has achieved the operational position of test director, and has run both development and qualification campaigns.

Pau holds a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Purdue University. During her time at Purdue, Pau worked on various studies related to the human and remote exploration of other planets, including two crewed architectures for Mars and one probe design for Venus. She was also the lead for Purdue’s submission to NASA JSC’s Micro-G NExT Challenge, where her team developed a device to repair leaks on the International Space Station.

Outside of her technical work, Pau is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and advocacy for equity. She serves as a board member of Virgin Orbit's internal group for women’s advocacy, TWE: Teammates for Women Empowerment. During her time in college she served as the vice president of Purdue’s chapter of MAES, a professional organization for Latinos in science and engineering.