Space Jobs in Reading

• Oxford
• Senior

Lead product and quality assurance for units, subsystems and procured hardware across UK space operations, cascading quality requirements to suppliers and supporting manufacturing and AIT teams. Coordinate RAMS, radiation, EEE parts and materials specialists, run internal and external audits, and shape quality approaches for bids. Acts as the interface with project teams, ESA/UK MoD representatives and commercial customers.

ESA · UK MoD

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• £70 – £90 ph
• Senior
• Contract

Design, simulate and test RF systems and circuits for satellite communications payloads, owning schematic capture, component selection and EM simulation while guiding PCB layout teams. Support spacecraft link budget analysis and high-reliability design reviews covering derating, worst-case analysis and EMI/EMC, and deliver manufacturing packages for prototype and production hardware.

LEO · GEO

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead product and quality assurance across spacecraft projects, from supplier and subsystem oversight to integration and ground segment assurance. Duties include audits, nonconformance and corrective action management, witnessing manufacturing and testing, and mentoring junior PA staff. Based at Harwell with some travel to Japan.

• Oxford

Responsible for deploying project controls across high-profile spacecraft and satellite propulsion programmes, including managing schedules and baselines in Primavera P6, implementing performance management baselines and change control, and analysing variances to recommend corrective actions. Works cross-functionally with partners and customers, coaching project teams on best-practice controls and driving continuous improvement.

Primavera P6

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Design, develop, verify and deploy GNC algorithms and high-fidelity simulation environments for spacecraft, covering rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous navigation, relative pose estimation and control. Work spans the full lifecycle from concept through simulation, testing, integration and on-orbit operations, collaborating with Systems, CV and Flight Dynamics teams.

MATLAB · Simulink · Python +3

• Didcot
• On-site
• Entry level

Supports day-to-day procurement and order management across satellite programmes, creating purchase orders, expediting supplier deliveries and coordinating with Finance on invoices. Maintains procurement system data, tracks supplier performance and lead times, and reports supply chain KPIs to support material planning.

ERP

• Guildford
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Translate high-level requirements into robust architectures for secure geospatial software on government and MOD ISR projects. Use MBSE modelling to establish end-to-end traceability and modernise historic architecture, with a focus on security, scalability and reuse. Work in a collaborative Agile scrum team of testers, developers, lead engineers and project managers.

MBSE

• Didcot
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops and maintains flight dynamics models, algorithms, simulations and software tools for mission design, orbit determination, manoeuvre planning and collision avoidance. Works across orbital regimes and the full operational lifecycle, including rendezvous, docking and separation, supporting real-time mission operations with global teams.

MATLAB